Cutting Medicaid Funds Is Short-Sighted Move
Special to Roll Call
Late in April, Congress passed a federal budget blueprint for fiscal 2006 that includes a $10 billion cut in federal funding for Medicaid. The Bush administration then stepped in and established a “Medicaid Commission” charged with identifying policy changes that would produce a spending cut of that magnitude. Even though it is the responsibility of Congress, not the White House, to modify the Medicaid program, the administration refused to give Members of Congress a vote on this commission.
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Schumer Advocates for Many on Panel
Nov. 16, 12 a.m.
As Senate Majority Leader, Lyndon Johnson once said of the Joint Economic Committee, “It’s as useless as tits on a bull.” But as that panel’s chairman during the 110th Congress, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) seized the opportunity to elevate the traditionally low-profile post to the forefront of shaping policy. Read Full Article
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