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Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS)

ANNUAL FUNDING BILLS

SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS

Dave Obey (WI), Ranking Member
Steny H. Hoyer (MD)
Nita M. Lowey (NY)
Rosa DeLauro (CT)
Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (IL)
Patrick J. Kennedy (RI)
Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA)

Fiscal Year 2007, H.R. 5647

 

Democratic Views of the Bill as filed with the Committee Report.

Detailed Funding Table- Committee Passed

 

News Releases: GOP Set to Break Pledge on Domestic Spending, But Not Until After the Election 9/29/06

News Releases: Public Broadcasting Cuts Another Reason the Republican Leadership Doesn’t Want to Bring Up Labor H 7/17/06

 

Where in the World is Labor H? 5 Days, 5 Reasons Republicans Wont Bring the Labor H Bill to the Floor

Day 1: Minimum Wage 6/26/06

Day 2: The $3.1 Billion Broken Promise 6/27/06

Day 3: Education, Cuts America Can’t Take 6/28/06

Day 4: Another Year of Cuts for Programs to Improve Healthcare in America 6/29/06

Day 5: Doesn’t Work for American Workers 6/30/06

 

News Release: Dems Discuss Momentum for Minimum Wage Increase 6/20/06

News Release: 12 Ways Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Programs are Shortchanged - Subcommittee Markup 6/07/06

News Release: Bush Cuts Lifesaving Research 4/06/06

News Release: CDC Budget Request 3/15/06

News Release: Bush Budget Cuts Healthcare Access, Leavitt Hearing 3/08/06

 

Report: Republican Cuts to the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Bill: Shortchanging Domestic Priorities 6/15/2006

Report: GOP Healthcare Failures 6/22/06

Report: Robbing Perkins and Pell: And Other Republican Assaults on Student Financial Aid 3/08/06

 

Bill Information: Text, Congressional Action, Status

 

 

 

Fiscal Year 2006, H.R. 3010, Public Law 109-149

 

Democratic Views of the Bill as filed with the Committee Report

Detailed Funding Table: FY 2006 Conference Report

Detailed Summary: FY 2006 Conference Report

 

News Release: Scrooge-onomics: Revised Republican Labor H Conference Report Cuts LIHEAP, Health, Education, and Jobs Programs 12/12/05

Fact Sheet: 10 Problems with the 2nd Labor H Conference Report 12/12/05

News Release: LIHEAP: Republicans Leave Millions of Americans Out in the Cold this Winter 12/07/05

News Release: Analysis of 1st Labor HHS Conference Report 11/17/06

News Release: A Matter of Priorities: The 1st Labor HHS Education Conference Report 11/16/05

News Release: Report Shows Laws Broken in Attempt to Politicize Public Broadcasting 11/15/05

News Release: Labor HHS: Democratic Motion to Instruct - Democrats Push to Cap Tax Cut For Millionaires to Pay for Avian Flu, Energy Assistance, Education, Healthcare, and Jobs Programs 11/08/05

News Release: Former Chair of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting Resigns in the Face of Inspector General’s Report 11/3/05

News Release: Report Shows Cuts to Student Aid Come As Students Already Struggling to Cover Costs 10/19/05

Packet: Labor Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations Bill – Debate in House 6/23/05

Packet: Corporation for Public Broadcasting The Cuts, the Costs, The Investigation 6/23/06

News Release: Obey-Lowey-Leach Amendment to Restore Fund to Public Broadcasting 6/22/05

News Release: Budget Cuts to Public Broadcasting,  The Republican Strategy, Control or Destroy - Subcommittee Markup 6/09/05

Obey Statement: Labor-HHS Subcommittee Markup 6/09/05

Fact Sheet: How the Republican Budget Impacts Education and Job Training 4/18/06

 

Report: New No Child Left Behind Lawsuits Highlight Funding Shortfalls 4/21/05

Report: Bush Plan Cuts College Aid for 500,000 3/15/05

 

Bill Information: Text, Congressional Action, Status

 

 

 

Fiscal Year 2005, H.R. 5006, Public Law 108-447

 

Democratic Views of the Bill as filed with the Committee Report

 

News Release: House Approves Democratic Amendment to Protect Overtime for 6 Million Workers 9/09/04

News Release: Republicans Refuse to Protect Overtime Pay for 6 Million American Workers 7/14/04

News Release: "Majority Party Puts Millionaire Tax Cuts Ahead Of Education, Job Training and Health Care Responsibilities" 7/08/04

Obey Statement: Labor HHS Subcommittee Mark Up 7/08/04

News Release: Bush Administration’s Education Funding Leaves Low Performing Schools Behind - New Report Shows Credibility Gap Between Title I Funding for Low-Income Students and White House Rhetoric 06/25/04

News Release: Report Finds Bush “Education Credibility Gap” 05/13/04

 

Obey Statement: Education Secretary Hearing on the Administration’s Long-Term Education Budget Plan 5/05/04

Obey Statement: Bush Administration's 2005 Budget Reveals Education Funding Reductions 3/11/04

Report: GOP Funding Bill Shortchanges America’s Children by Underfunding Key Education Priorities. State-By-State Report 10/25/04

Report: Overworked, Underpaid, and Under Attack: The Bush Administration Plan to Deny Overtime Pay to Six Million Americans 7/22/04

Report: Creating A Fantasy: The Bush Administration’s Failure to Fully Fund Title I 6/25/04

Report: College Dreams Deferred And Denied: The Bush Record On Higher Education 5/13/04

Report: Leaving the Education Budget Behind - The President's Long-Term Plan for Education Funding 3/12/04

 

Bill Information: Text, Congressional Action, Status

 

 

 

Fiscal Year 2004, H.R. 2660, Public Law 108-199

 

Democratic Views of the Bill as filed with the Committee Report

 

News Release: White House Criticizes House Labor-HHS-Ed Bill 7/09/03

 

Report: 2004 Omnibus Leaves Million of America's Children Behind, A State By State Report 1/28/04

Report: Impact Aid: Sometimes Supporting Our Troops Requires More than Parades and Kind Words – President Cuts Aid to Schools Serving Military InstallationsVIEW TABLES 6/16/03

Report: House Appropriations Committee Democrats Release New Report, Analysis of Bush's FY '04 Education Budget2/3/03

Report: Eight Years of Progress in Fighting Long-Term Unemployment is Lost in only Twenty-Four MonthsVIEW CHART 1/30/03

Report: Bush Record on Jobs 1/14/03

 

Bill Information: Text, Congressional Action, Status

 

 

 

Fiscal Year 2003, H.R. 5320, Public Law 108-7

 

Report: Slamming the Door Shut to College: The State Budget Crisis and Higher Education 5/2/02

Report: All Rhetoric, No Resources: Why the FY2003 Bush Education Budget Will Leave Millions of Children Behind 9/23/02

Report: Bush Goes to Wisconsin to Tout Education But His Budget Falls ShortVIEW CHARTSVIEW OVERVIEW 5/8/02

 

Bill Information: Text, Congressional Action, Status

 

 

 

Fiscal Year 2002, H.R. 3061, Public Law 107-116

 

Bill Information: Text, Congressional Action, Status

 

 

 

Fiscal Year 2001, H.R. 4577, Public Law 106-554

 

Democratic Views of the Bill as filed with the Committee Report

 

Bill Information: Text, Congressional Action, Status