Human Needs Report

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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Articles from May 4, 2007


Minimum Wage Languishes as Workers Wait
An increase in the federal minimum wage was attached to the fiscal 2007 war supplemental funding bill struck down by the President's veto pen this week.
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Head Start Reauthorization One Step Closer to Passage
On May 2, the House passed overwhelmingly with bipartisan support the Improving Head Start Act of 2007, H.R. 1429, by a vote of 365-48.
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New Children's Health Bill Introduced in Senate
Last week, during "Cover the Uninsured Week", Senators John D. Rockefeller (D-WV), Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Edward Kennedy (D-MA) introduced a bipartisan proposal to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
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Nutrition Bill Introduced in the House
On May 3, Representatives McGovern (D-MA) and Emerson (R-MO) introduced H.R. 2129, Feeding America's Families Act.
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