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The Human Needs Report is the Coalition on Human Needs'
newsletter on national policy issues affecting low-income and vulnerable
populations. It is published every other week while Congress is
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Budget Struggles: Spending Moves Forward Despite the Budget Resolution Logjam
Conflicts among House Republicans continue to stall a Budget Resolution, although a new deal to move more than $6 billion away from defense and international funding to a number of domestic programs may enable House leaders to put together a majority next week.
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Tax Reconciliation Bill – Paid for in Part with Yet Another Tax Cut for the Rich
House and Senate negotiators have come to agreement on the tax reconciliation bill that is part two of the 2006 budget reconciliation process.
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Senate Poised To Gut State Health Insurance Consumer Protections
The Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization Act (HIMMA, S. 1955), sponsored by the Senate HELP Committee Chairman Michael Enzi (R-WY) and approved by the committee on March 15, continues to loom as a threat to consumers of health insurance in every state.
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Line-Item Veto - Giving Away the Power of the Purse
Identical bills filed in the House (H.R. 4980) and Senate (S. 2381) would confer broad new power to the President to cancel legislation enacted by Congress.
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House Subcommittee Rejects President’s Plan to Terminate Food Packages for Poor Seniors, Children and Moms
The House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee approved its FY 2007 appropriations bill on May 3, rejecting nutrition aid cuts proposed by President Bush.
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Immigration Reform Still Unresolved In The Senate
Senate leaders continued to negotiate how to proceed with immigration reform while over a million immigrants in 200 cities skipped work and rallied for A Day Without Immigrants on May 1.
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Senate Finance Committee Holds First Child Welfare Hearing in Ten Years
On April 25, the Senate Finance Committee held its first hearing in nearly 10 years on an issue relating to protecting children from abuse or neglect.
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