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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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Congress Enacts Medicaid and Education Aid Urgently Needed by States
In the final days before adjourning for August recess, the Senate overcame opposition and passed a $26.1 billion bill to provide needed aid to states for education and rising Medicaid costs.
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Showdown on Taxes Looms
When Congress returns from summer recess in September, members will debate the future of the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts which expire at the end of 2010.
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Pressure Mounts to Cut FY 2011 Domestic Appropriations;
Senate Labor-HHS-Ed Bill Approved in Full Committee
Hopes were high when the President introduced his FY 2011 budget proposal last February, but the deficit fever gripping Washington caused the House and then the Senate to set total appropriations levels below the President’s.
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Senate Passes Child Nutrition Reauthorization Bill
On August 5 just hours before beginning its summer recess, the Senate passed by voice vote the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (S.3307).
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