Today, the House approved legislation that would cut $315 billion from social programs in 2013. The legislation is House Republicans’ response to the $72 billion [...]
By Rebecca Farley, Director of Policy & Advocacy at the National Council and Managing Editor of MentalHealthcareReform.org Writing this week’s Public Policy Update was somewhat [...]
The 2013 budget advanced in both the House and Senate this month, as the Appropriations Committees approved annual spending measures for several agencies. But the [...]
In an effort to stop automatic spending cuts slated to take effect in January, six House committees are crafting plans to sharply reduce spending in [...]
Congress has begun deliberating the 2013 budget. But, like much in Washington, it will not be a simple debate. This year’s appropriations process is complicated [...]
On February 13, 2012, President Obama released his Administration’s budget requests for Fiscal Year 2013. The budget in many ways reflects the nation’s growing concern [...]
1. Medicare Physician Pay Fix: In the last hours of its 2011 session, Congress enacted a short-term deal that postponed for two months a scheduled [...]