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The Human Needs Report is the Coalition on Human Needs'
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37 Senators and 153 Reps. Vote to Deny UI to 2 Million; And Those Who Vote No Endanger State Aid, Youth Jobs, and TANF Emergency Funds
Nearly 30 million people were unemployed or underemployed in June, with more than 45 percent of the unemployed out of work more than six months.
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House Agrees to Funding Limit; Begins Work on Appropriations Bills
After months of deadlock, the House has agreed to trim $7 billion from the President’s FY 2011 budget request for overall discretionary spending of annually appropriated programs.
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War Supplemental Bill Seen as Vehicle for Domestic Priorities
On July 1, the House passed the rule for consideration of the FY 2010 war supplemental spending bill (H.R. 4899) that included the ‘budget enforcement’ resolution and paved the way for the addition of domestic funding.
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