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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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The State of the Union: Jobs, Health Care, and the Deficit
The President vowed to continue to fight for health care and his domestic agenda.
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The Way Forward on Health Care Reform Remains Unclear
The recent Massachusetts special elections to fill the U.S. Senate seat of the late Senator Edward Kennedy (D) threw a monkey wrench in the health care reform negotiations.
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Unemployment Insurance Extension Is Urgently Needed
Unless Congress acts within weeks to extend the two federal unemployment insurance (UI) programs, one million workers in March alone will exhaust their unemployment benefits.
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Senate Increases Debt Limit and Imposes PayGo Budget Rule
On January 28, the Senate passed legislation authorizing an increase to the ceiling on federal borrowing and imposing a pay-as-you-go budget rule.
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