Appropriations Committee Reports FY 2007 Labor, HHS, Education Spending Bill - The Appropriations Committee approved the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies spending bill for fiscal year 2007. -July 21, 2006

Do Revenue Surprises Tell Us Much About the Cost of Tax Cuts? - Center analysis looks at 25 years of CBO revenue forecasts and finds a striking pattern. -July 18, 2006

Senate Budget Reform Bill Disastrous For Domestic Programs that unfairly targets domestic programs and services important to the disability community. -July 14, 2006

NCIL Action Alert: Call Your Senators to Support Harkin Amendment to Restore $2 Billion in Labor-HHS-Education Funding and Increase Title VII, Part C funding by $25 Million. -July 14, 2006

House Panel Approves Labor-HHS-Education Spending Bill - The fiscal 2007 spending bill has been approved for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education after lawmakers on both sides decried the budget cap. -June 8, 2006

Emergency Appropriations Supplemental Update - Conferees Race to Clear War Funding. -June 8, 2006

Urgent: Call Senators, Sign Letter to Support the Estate Tax - Should this repeal or reduction of the estate tax pass, programs that very directly affect disability programs will be significantly cut. -May 30, 2006

Hastert/Boehner Stress Commitment To Budget Vote ...but declined to say when it could be on the floor - Next week is the May 15 statutory deadline when appropriations bills can be brought to the floor without a budget resolution in place. -May 4, 2006

Action Alert on House Budget Cuts from Coalition on Human Needs - Tell Your Member of Congress to Vote No on House Budget Cuts. -May 3, 2006

Budget Deal in House Collapses - Leaders in the House acknowledged that they do not have the votes to pass their Fiscal 2007 budget resolution. -April 7, 2006

Breaking News on House Budget Vote - House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) is insisting that the House will vote on the 2007 budget resolution (H.R. 276) before the two-week Easter recess beginning next week. -April 6, 2006

133 Groups Oppose the Elimination of the SIPP - 133 Organizations Sign Letter to Congress Opposing Elimination of Key Census Survey. -April 5, 2006

Call Your Senators Today -- March 16 - The Specter-Harkin Amendment adds $7 billion to restore funding for education, nutrition, and vital social services programs. -March 16, 2006

AAPD Action Alert on Budget Resolution - The Senate will begin debate on the budget resolution this week, with the vote on final passage expected Wednesday or Thursday. -March 13, 2006

TBI Zeroed Out in President's Proposed FY 07 Budget - The White House has again proposed the complete elimination of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Federal TBI Program. -February 22, 2006

Traumatic Brain Injury Program Is Zero-funded by President - National Disability Rights Network Warns Empty Promises Threaten Returning Troops. -February 7, 2006

Rival Views of President's Budget between Democrats and Republicans on Senate Panel. -February 22, 2007

Human Needs Budget Resources - Resources and analyses that discuss how the President's proposal will affect families, children, seniors and low-income people. -February 14, 2007

The Administration Again Proposes to Shift Federal medicaid Costs to States. -February 14, 2007

President's Budget Calls for Deep Cuts in a wide range of domestic programs, Cuts Start in 2008 and Grow Deeper Over Time. -February 8, 2007

President's FY08 Budget Proposal - President's Budget Reveals Broken Promises and Wrong Priorities. -February 6, 2007

Bush's FY 2008 Budget Proposal Calls for Reducing Growth - Most of Medicare and Medicaid Savings in Bush's FY 2008 Budget Proposal Come From Reducing Growth in Medicare Provider Payments. -February 6, 2007

Budget Update. The Senate started work on appropriations by approving allocations for FY 2006 spending bills. -June 2005

Congress passes Budget. More work lies ahead. -May 2005

Info on programs cut in Bush budget (pdf). A summary table listing the 99 programs eliminated by the President's budget. -February 2005
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Potential HHS Federal Budget initiatives to Free Our People will increase home and community-based care options for people with disabilities. -February 2005

President's budget reveals broken promises and wrong priorities, statement by the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities on the President's FY06 Budget Proposal. -February 2005

How to pass meaningful spending controls this Congress to improve the Spending Control Act (H.R. 3973) and pass the Family Budget Protection Act (H.R. 3800). -June 2004

Proposed changes to the Budget Process: Comparison of current law, Nussle bill (H.R. 3973), Administration's bill, Hensarling bill (H.R. 3800), and Kirk bill (H.R. 3925). -June 2004

2006 Cuts In Domestic Spending on table if President Bush is reelected, his budget for 2006 may include spending cuts for virtually all agencies in charge of domestic programs. -May 2004

President Bush proposes to eliminate Employment Services Programs and cuts a variety of programs. -February 2004

Report: State Budget Cuts hurting people with disabilities. Andrew Imparato, president of AAPD, blames part of the problem on President Bush's tax cuts, which mostly go to higher-income taxpayers. -July 2003

Immediate action needed on Federal Budget Resolution. Tax cuts threaten people with disabilities. -March 2003

National Governors' Association announced the much-awaited creation of its Medicaid Reform Task Force. -March 2003

Energy and Commerce and Budget Committees Medicaid sends letter urging members of the House to vote against the Budget Resolution because of cuts to Medicaid and SCHIP. -March 2003

Congress is considering major cuts to Medicaid and SSI. Please contact Senators immediately and ask them to oppose any cuts to Medicaid and other entitlements such as SSI. -March 2003

A penalty for hard work if parents increase their incomes, their children lose health-care coverage under Medicaid. -March 2003

State medicaid eligibility cutbacks & exclusions proposed & recently-enacted, 2003. -March 2003

Analysis of President Bush's Medicaid Proposals. Bush's New Freedom for State Medicaid programs would not free people with disabilities. -March 2003

Bush administration's Medicaid Proposal decimates services for people with disabilities. -February 2003

"Preserving Medicaid in tough times: An action kit for State Advocates" Families USA's kit includes new pieces on HIFA Waivers, Pharmacy Plus Waivers, fighting budget cuts, getting coverage without holding a press event, and dealing with negative press. -January 2003