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With all the talk about the work Congress is doing to decide on next year’s appropriations for HUD and rural housing, it’s easy to forget that there is another big budget issue looming: sequestration. As we wrote in Memo to Members in January, The Budget Control Act of 2011 required Congress to form a bipartisan committee Continue reading
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It’s No Time to Cut Housing
An editorial in today’s New York Times chides lawmakers for considering cuts to HUD programs and asks Congress to “shor[e] up the precious few federal programs that provide affordable housing for the poor, the elderly and the disabled” in this time of record homelessness and continuing economic instability. The Times outlines the challenges facing public Continue reading
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Talk of the Town: the Super Committee.
Everyone’s talking about the Super Committee. According to news reports, discussion by the 12-member Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction has naturally included talk of reshaping the nation’s tax code, modifying entitlement programs, the future of America’s military footprint in the Middle East, and other topics. Speculation continues about the content of these private meetings, Continue reading
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