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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 2004
Page
4
The House pushes a bill to extend the $1,000 per child tax credit and raise the income threshold to $250,000 for eligibility. It would cost about $228 billion over ten years, expand refunds for low wage workers, and align with or differ from Democratic proposals to index the credit to inflation and broaden eligibility.
The Bush administration faces pressure from Democratic lawmakers to expand automatic enrollment for the low income subsidy in the new discount drug card program. Medicare may adopt automatic sign ups if outreach fails to enroll enough of the 7 million eligible, with about 4.7 million expected to enroll. The program begins June 1 2006, and states may shift some drug costs to the federal level by automatic enrollment of participants in state programs.
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay urged rapid reorganization to end overlapping and ineffective programs for abused and neglected children. He cited 339 federal programs and 13 agencies administering over 120 mentoring programs, arguing a White House led reorganization could speed fixes. Critics warned against transferring power to the executive branch and questioned civil service effects.
In a playful, walnut paneled Senate room Sesame Street Elmo and lawmakers promote Healthy Habits for Life. Senators Bill Frist and Ron Wyden back school diet and activity plans with public service announcements and a traveling exhibit starting spring 2005.
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