Budget and Appropriations

Background & Audio Briefings
Background on Budget and Appropriations
Audio Briefings

Appropriations Funding Resources

CHN: Selected Human Needs Appropriations: FY 2009 Committees' Actions Exceed President's Budget, but, Modest Funding in Congress Falls Short of Meeting Growing Need (7/21/08)
CHN: Human Needs Programs Have Been Shrinking For Years; The President Cuts Far More Deeply (Compares FY 05, FY 08, FY 09) (2/7/08)
CHN: Selected FY 2009 Human Needs Appropriations - Bush Budget Cuts Most Services Dramatically Below Current Levels (2/5/08)
The Workforce Alliance: Federal Funding for Key Job Training, Vocational Education and Employment Programs During the Bush Administration (FY 2002- FY 2009) (February 2008)
CHN: FY08 Labor-HHS-Ed Appropriations: Comparisons between Final bill and the President's Request (revised 1/31/08)

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State Data

House Budget Committee: What’s at Stake:  A State-By-State Analysis of the President’s Fiscal Year 2009 Budget (2/4/08)
National Priorities Project: The President's Budget Fiscal Year 2009: Impact on the States (February 2008)
The Workforce Alliance: Effects of 2009 Budget Request on Total WIA State by State Funding and Recipients (February 2008)
CHN: Leaving Out Millions Whose Spending Would Spur the Economy (revised 1/28/08)
Depth of Poverty by State, 2006 (9/4/07)
State Poverty by Race/Ethnicity, 2006 (9/7/07)
Percent of Household Income Spent on Rent, 2006 (9/12/07)

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Latest News
HNR: Action to Spur the Economy Awaits Congress’ Return in September
Not to Mention Funding for Everything Else (8/5/08)
HNR: Most Expect Temporary Spending Bill Until the Next Administration (7/21/08)
HNR: Appropriations Bills Hit a Snag (7/1/08)
HNR: Budget Passes; Appropriations Process Begins (6/13/08)
HNR: House-Senate Negotiators Agree on a Budget Deal; Last Minute Snag Delays Enactment (5/23/08)
CHN letter on FY 2009 Budget Resolution Conference Agreement (5/20/08)

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Policy Analyses and Research
CBPP: Facing Deficits, Many States are Imposing Cuts that Hurt Vulnerable Residents (7/2/08)
CBPP: 29 States Face Total Budget Shortfall Of At Least $48 Billion In 2009; 3 Others Expect Budget Problems (6/30/2008)
CBPP: The Congressional Budget Plan: A Brief Analysis of the Conference Agreement (5/22/08)
First Focus: Children's Budget 2008 (4/23/08)
CBPP: Claim that Congressional Budget Plans Call for "Largest Tax Increase in History" is Inaccurate (3/7/08)
CBPP: Federal Spending, 2001 to 2008: Defense Is a Rapidly Growing Share of the Budget,
While Domestic Appropriations Have Shrunk (3/6/08)
CHN: The President's Last Budget - Upside Down Priorities (February 2008)

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Government Resources
House Budget Committee: What’s at Stake:  A State-By-State Analysis of the President’s Fiscal Year 2009 Budget (2/4/08)

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The Opportunity for All Campaign - a budget campaign of the Coalition on Human Needs

CHN: We Can Stop A Bad Budget -- If You Call Your Representative (3/30/06)
CHN: 1,200 National, State and Local Organizations Sign Letter to Congress Opposing Cuts in Human Needs Programs to Give Tax Breaks to Millionaires (3/14/06)
CHN: Guide to the FY 2007 Budget: What's At Stake for Human Needs (3/7/06)
CHN: The President's Scandalous Budget (2/8/06)
CHN: Making It Real: How To Talk About the Impact Of Federal Budget Cuts On the People of Your State (2/2/06)

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