Reports by Danilo Trisi
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Farm Bill Contains Significant Domestic Nutrition Improvements
Revised July 1, 2008
The 2008 Farm Bill makes numerous improvements in domestic food assistance programs to help low-income Americans put food on the table in the face of rising food and fuel prices. The nutrition title includes more than $10 billion over ten years in increases in these programs — including $7.8 billion for the Food Stamp … -
Improving the Medicare Savings Programs Would Help Low-Income Seniors Cope With Higher Medical Expenses
May 20, 2008
Bipartisan Senate negotiators are crafting Medicare legislation that would avert a cut in physician payments scheduled to take effect at the end of June. This legislation could also include long-overdue improvements to the Medicare Savings Programs, which help low-income Medicare beneficiaries pay their premiums and cost-sharing. … -
Bush Budget Would Cut Domestic Discretionary Programs by $20 Billion In 2009
February 20, 2008
The President’s 2009 budget would provide some $20.5 billion [1] less for domestic discretionary programs outside of homeland security — a broad category of programs that includes everything from child care to environmental protection to medical research — than the 2008 level, adjusted for inflation.[2] The …
