The Diffability Grapevine Online Newspaper:Issue #22
The Diffability Grapevine Online World Newspaper
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
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Submitted by:
"Roxie Mayfield & Jade in beautiful Eugene, Oregon "
 
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CAPITOL INSIDER
Volume 14, Issue 26


Action Alerts
Ongoing:Make the Most Out of the Independence Day Congressional Recess - Help
Get Long Term Services and Supports in Health Care Reform
Action Alerts are messages for you to send to elected officials and need your
immediate response. Click on the link(s) above to take action on current DPC
action alerts.
Major Events Last Week
Transportation
The Department of Transportation sent Congress a more detailed plan to keep
surface transportation programs funded through 2011. The federal Highway Trust
Fund is expected to run short this summer and additional funding is needed to
finance projects already authorized through the end of FY 2010. The proposal
would extend the highway and transit authorization for 18 months and borrow $20
billion from the Treasury's general fund. The Senate is expected to take the
lead on marking up the proposal in July. Chairman James Oberstar (D-MN) of the
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is moving forward with a six
year reauthorization of the highway and transit bill which has already been
marked up by the Highways and Transit Subcommittee.

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Major Events Ahead
U. S. Congress
The Congress returns today from its Independence Day recess. New Senator Al
Franken (D-MN) will be sworn in and appointed to the Health, Education, Labor
and Pensions (HELP) Committee and the Judiciary Committee. He becomes the 60th
Senator to caucus with Democrats.
The Congress now enters a five week work period before the summer recess begins
on August 7. In addition to the ongoing work on health care, key issues likely
to come up for votes include the Sotomayor nomination to the Supreme Court,
climate change legislation and additional attention to Fiscal Year 2010
appropriations bills.
FY 2010 Appropriations
With three months remaining in FY 2009, the Congress is struggling to pass all
twelve FY 2010 appropriations on time for the October 1 start of the fiscal
year. The House has passed four of its bills, the Senate none. The House is
scheduled to vote on four more this week while the Senate hopes to complete
action on two. The two appropriations bills of great interest to the disability
community - Labor, Health and Human Services and Education and Transportation
and Housing and Human Development - have yet to be considered. They are
tentatively scheduled for action on the House floor before the summer
recess.Health Care ReformOn TuesdaySenate Finance Committee Chairman
In the House, staff of the Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education
and Labor Committees are meeting on the Tri-Committee proposal. No mark-up dates
have been announced.
As the heavy lifting begins for July, there is less expectation that the Senate
will complete all action on health care reform in the next 5 weeks. This is due
to a number of factors, including the difficulty of reaching bipartisan
consensus, some significant policy differences within the Senate, and the
current absence of Senator Kennedy (D-MA), a key leader on health care reform.
Education/ BullyingOn Wednesday

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Annie Acosta
Director of Communications and Grassroots
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 , the House Committee on Education and Labor's Subcommittees on Early
Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education and Healthy Families and
Communities will hold a joint hearing titled, "Strengthening School Safety
through Prevention of Bullying." See:
http://edlabor.house.gov/hearings/2009/07/strengthening-school-safety-th.shtmlMa\
x Baucus (D-MT) is continuing to negotiate with Committee Republicans to produce
a bi-partisan bill that is deficit neutral., the Senate HELP Committee resumes
its mark-up of the Affordable Choices Act. The Committee is expected to begin
with consideration of the proposal's provisions addressing the Community Living
Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act. Acting Chairman Christopher Dodd
(D-CT) reportedly predicted that the Committee will complete the entire mark-up
by the end of this week or next week.

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