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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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Congress Passes Short-Term FY2012 Spending Bill
The House and Senate deadlock over Fiscal Year 2012 spending was broken when the Senate relented by dropping its demand for higher funding for disaster relief.
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First Vote on American Jobs Act Scheduled in Senate for Tuesday, October 11
The unemployment rate in September remained stuck at 9.1 percent.
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Congress Continues Funding for Child Welfare Services
In a now rare demonstration of bipartisanship, Congress enacted the Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act (S.1542/H.R. 2883) in time to continue funding uninterrupted for various child welfare services.
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TANF Extended for 3 Months; Supplemental Grants Not Reinstated
H.R. 2943, the Short-Term TANF Extension Act passed the House on September 21, 2011.
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Senator Rand Paul Blocks Aid to Poor Elderly and Disabled Refugees
One person can make a difference.
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