2005 Archive -- Economic Equity Insider

• November 2005
  Contents:
  • BLS Women Worker Data Series
  • Budget Update: Reconciliation
  • Labor & Education Funding Bill
  • Minimum Wage Increase Fails in Senate
  • Report: Gender Divide in VocEd
  • Advocacy Tip of the Month: Ask your Representatives to Co-Sponsor the PACT Act!


• October 2005
  Contents:
  • Update: Budget Reconciliation
  • Child Tax Credit
  • Pathways Advancing Career Training Act
  • TANF Reauthorization
  • VAWA Reauthorization
  • Advocacy Tip of the Month: Fight Proposed Cuts to Programs


• July/August 2005
  Contents:
  • Federal Budget Update
  • HEA Reauthorization
  • Head Start Reauthorization
  • Threats to Medicaid
  • Advocacy Tip of the Month: Connecting with Legislators During Recess


• June 2005
  Contents:
  • House Passes Education, Labor Spending
  • TANF Extended for 10th Time
  • VAWA Reauthorization Begins
  • FMLA Threatened
  • Title IX Anniversary
  • Advocacy Tip of the Month: Fourth of July Recess is here! Schedule time to connect with your legislators at home.


• May 2005
  Contents:
  • House Passes Perkins Bill
  • Senate Panel Approves WIA Bill
  • Pay Equity Legislation Introduced
  • Minimum Wage Bills Introduced
  • Advocacy Tip of the Month: Act now to fight the cuts to education and training in FY06!


• April 2005
  Contents:
  Special Edition: The Federal Budget, FY 2006
  • The Federal Budget Process Made Simple
  • Reconciliation: Cuts to Entitlement Spending
  • The Deficit and Tax Cuts
  • Discretionary Spending Cuts
  • In-Depth: Education and Training Programs
  • In-Depth: TANF and Child Care
  • In-Depth: Medicaid
  • Advocacy Tip of the Month


• March 2005
  Contents:
  • WIA, TANF and Perkins Reauthorization Updates
  • Senate Rejects Cuts to Medicaid
  • Bankruptcy Reform Hurts Women
  • Senate Fails to Increase Minimum Wage
  • Advocacy Tip of the Month


• February 2005
  Contents:
  • FY06 Federal Budget
  • Reauthorization Outlook
  • State of the Union
  • Advocacy Tip of the Month




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