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(FY 2011 BUDGET) Funding Bills Mired in Deficit Worry, Potential Cuts Loom

Children and youth advocates worry that a near obsession on Capitol Hill with the federal deficit is creating legislative deadlock as lawmakers wrestle with attempting to pass spending bills in the House and Senate. At issue is the lack of a congressional budget resolution in either chamber. Such r...

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(SUBSTANCE ABUSE) Budget Would Boost Prevention, Treatment Funds

Readers with programs focusing on drug and alcohol prevention and treatment can reasonably expect to see a few more funding opportunities next year. In President Obama's FY 2011 budget request, both substance abuse prevention and treatment would see overall funding increases, with funding for preven...

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(BUDGET) Obama to Sign Omnibus Later This Week, Staffers Tell FAM

As predicted (http://www.grantsandfunding.net/fam/5873), President Obama receives an omnibus bill (HR 3288) on Dec. 14 that would provide $447 billion in current fiscal year for federal agencies important to FAM readers. The House approved the spending bill by a vote of 221-202 on Dec. 11; the Sena...

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(BUDGET) White House, Congress Working on Omnibus Roadblocks

After the White House releases its wish list for job-creation programs that mirror in many respects congressional priorities, Hill staffers tell FAM much work is going on behind the scenes to resolve the remaining major roadblock to an FY 2010 omnibus measure -- war spending. Less than a week after...

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(LABOR-HHS-ED) Bill Passes Senate Subcommittee; Final Passage Unlikely Prior to Recess

The Senate provides the first glimpse of its FY 2010 funding measure that would fund the Labor, Health & Human Services (HHS) and Education Depts. The Senate version, which was approved by the Labor-HHS subcommittee on July 28, would provide $163.1 billion in discretionary spending, nearly $3 b...

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(LABOR-HHS-ED) House Passes $160.7B Measure; Senate to Begin Work This Week

The House approves a measure (HR 3293) by a 264 to 153 margin on July 24 that would provide $160.7 billion for the Labor (DOL), Health & Human Services (HHS) and Education (DoEd) Depts. in FY 2010. The measure would increase funding for the three agencies in FY 2010 by $5.6 billion over FY 2009...

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(LABOR-HHS-ED) Obey Pushing Hard to Keep Measure on Track, Staffers Say

On July 17, the House Appropriations Committee approves its measure that would provide FY 2010 funding for the Labor, Health & Human Services (HHS) and Education Depts. Committee staffers tell FAM the hope is to still to have the measure on the House floor by July 24. The proposal would provi...

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(LABOR/HHS/ED) Obey Wants Measure Approved By August Recess

The House Appropriations Committee may be behind on its tentative schedule for the Labor-Health & Human Services-Education measure, but staffers for Chairman Dave Obey (D-WI) tell FAM the goal remains to have the measure approved by the full chamber by the August recess. The appropriations sub...

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(JUSTICE) Senate Measure Kinder to COPS, Women's Programs

The House and Senate FY 2010 Commerce, Justice, Science funding measures provide discretionary totals of more than $64 billion, but the Senate is more generous for some programs important to FAM readers. Both bills are generous with the funding for State & Local Law Enforcement & Crime Prev...

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(VETERANS) Military Funding Bills Boost Homeless, Rural Efforts

The Senate military appropriations subcommittee passes a measure that is comparable to a bill the House Appropriations Committee passed last month, including funding increases for homeless and rural veteran efforts. The Senate version (bill not yet numbered), which still needs approval by full appr...

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