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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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Déjà vu on Children's Health Bill
The House passed a new version of the children's health bill (H.R. 3963) on October 25, almost two weeks after the President vetoed the original bill (H.R. 976).
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Comprehensive Tax Reform Bill Introduced
On October 25 Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rangel (D-NY) introduced a plan that makes significant changes in the current tax system.
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House Passes National Housing Trust Fund
The goal in the House-passed bi-partisan National Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act, H.R. 2895, is to construct, rehabilitate, and preserve over one million units of affordable housing during the next 10 years.
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Food Stamps and Emergency Food Gains Move Forward in Senate Farm Bill
The Senate Agriculture Committee approved its version of the farm bill (H.R. 2419) on October 25, including a nutrition title that begins to reverse years of shrinking Food Stamp benefits and increases spending for emergency food.
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Congress Almost Done with Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Spending Bill;
President Still Threatens Veto
The full Senate passed its annual appropriations for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (H.R. 3043) on October 22 with a veto-proof majority of 75-19.
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