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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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Domestic Priorities Make it into Supplemental Bill
A supplemental appropriations bill that includes funding for both the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and a set of domestic priorities is winding its way through Congress.
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House-Senate Negotiators Agree on a Budget Deal; Last Minute Snag Delays Enactment
House and Senate budget negotiators worked out their differences and released a Budget Resolution for FY 2009 on May 20.
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Farm Bill Becomes Law With a Glitch
The Farm Bill is law, but another vote will occur just to make sure.
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Improvements in Low-Income Tax Credits in House Bill
On May 21 the House passed legislation including improvements for low-income families in the Child Tax Credit and the Earned Income Tax Credit.
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Senate Committee Passages Mortgage Bill That Differs with the House
The bill establishes a new program to help homeowners at risk of foreclosure and creates a new fund to help create more affordable housing.
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