President releases 2013 Budget Request today
President Obama unveiled his spending and revenue plan for the fiscal year starting on October 1, 2012. The President’s Budget offers a replacement for the automatic spending cuts required by the...
View ArticlePresident Obama Tells The Arc, Disability Community “I’ve Got Your Back”
Last week, 150 leaders of The Arc from across the country met with a variety of senior White House officials at a Community Leaders Briefing to ask questions and discuss issues facing people with...
View ArticleCongress approves full-year extension of payroll tax holiday, extended...
Congress approved legislation (H.R. 3630) to extend for the rest of 2012 the temporary payroll tax rate reduction for workers, current Medicare reimbursement rates for doctors, and some long-term...
View ArticlePresident Obama’s 2013 budget request provides mostly level funding for...
On February 13, President Obama released his spending and revenue plan for the fiscal year starting on October 1, 2012. The Section 811 Supportive Housing for People with Disabilities program...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Landmark Affordable Care Act Case
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on four issues in the consolidated cases on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) being heard this week from March 26 – 28. The questions are: Whether Congress had...
View ArticleHouse Republican Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Request Released; Would Be Very...
On March 20, House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released his Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Resolution, a blueprint for spending and tax policy. The release of the “Ryan budget” is the first Congressional...
View ArticleHouse Passes FY 2013 Ryan Budget
As expected, on March 29, the House voted to pass the Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Resolution. The measure passed by a vote of 228-191. This plan for federal spending and revenue would be very harmful for...
View ArticleMajor Victory for People with Disabilities; U.S. Supreme Court Rules ACA is...
In a major victory for people with disabilities and their families, the United States Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In brief, the Court ruled that the...
View ArticleHouse passes short term FY 2013 Continuing Resolution
On September 13, the House of Representatives passed (H J Res 117), a “clean” six-month stopgap spending bill. The Senate is expected to complete action on the measure this week. The Continuing...
View ArticleThe Arc at the Table with President Obama to Discuss Tax Cuts for the Middle...
Last week, The Arc’s CEO Peter Berns participated in a small meeting with President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and senior economic advisors about the President’s goal to stop middle class...
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