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Food Research and Action Center:
Federal government programs (including all food and nutrition programs funded in the Agriculture Approps bill and human needs programs funded in the Labor-HHS-Education Approps bill) continue to operate through funding via a continuing resolution (CR) that expires on Nov. 17th, and decisions must be made as to how to proceed with all remaining spending bills.
With the leadership change in the House shifting to the Democrats, many predict that the Lame Duck session will not last till late December (as previously predicted by Majority Leader John Boehner, R-OH), but that Congress will rather quickly pass another (long-term) CR to fund programs well into the 110th Congress to allow for the organization of the new Congress.
Appropriations Message: Regardless of the manner in which the funding bill gets passed, advocates should urge adoption of the Senate Committee-approved bill (H.R. 5384) which expands the Simplified Summer Food Program (SFSP) to Minnesota.
Advocates also should urge adoption of the House-passed funding of $118 for the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) (Senate committee funding for CSFP is $108.3).
Posted on November 9, 2006 07:52 PM
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