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Americans for Democratic Action
S Con Res 83. Fiscal 2007 Budget Resolution/LIHEAP.
Reed (D-RI) amendment to increase the discretionary spending limit in the budget by $3.3 billion to allow increased spending for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). The added expense would offset by eliminating certain corporate tax breaks.Republican Liberty Caucus (Economic Liberty)
S.Con.Res. 83 / S.Amdt. 3074.
Budget Resolution/to incr Low Income Heating spending by $3.3B.Children's Defense Fund Action Council
Helping Low-Income Families Afford High Heating Costs, S. Con. Res. 83.
Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) offered an amendment to the fiscal year 2007 budget to increase the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program’s (LIHEAP) funding by $3.3 billion and help low-income families, the elderly and persons with disabilities pay heating bills. A vote to help about five million very poor households pay winter heating bills was a vote for children in 2006, which saw the highest one-year jump in home heating prices in three decades. Poor and vulnerable families should not have to choose between heating their homes, paying rent, having enough food, and meeting other basic needs.