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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
in session.
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Senate Unable to Lift Ban on Drug Negotiations
When Congress passed the prescription drug bill in 2003, one provision evoked immediate outcry -- it barred the federal government from negotiating drug prices with pharmaceutical manufacturers. This week the Senate failed to lift the ban.
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Bills Introduced to Restore Child Support Funding
Child support enforcement officials collected $23 billion for more than 17 million children in 2005, up 92 percent since 1996. Despite this success, Congress cut child support enforcement in the 2005 Deficit Reduction Act.
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Bill Reducting Roadblock to Unionization Passes in House; Slower Going in Senate
On March 1, the House of Representatives passed the Employee Free Choice Act, H.R. 800, by a bipartisan margin of 241 to 185. Prospects are uncertain in the Senate.
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Healthy Families Act Introduced
Legislation would require most employers of 15 or more works to provide at least 7 days of paid sick leave.
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