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December 21, 2012 - Still No Deal As Fiscal Cliff Nears December 14, 2012 - Fiscal Cliff Negotiations Continue in Slow Motion December 7, 2012 - Unemployment Rate Drops to 7.7 percent, Lowest in Four Years November 30, 2012 - Still No Progress on Fiscal Cliff Negotiations November 16, 2012 - Mayors Meet With Congressional Leaders Prior to Negotiations on Fiscal Cliff November 9, 2012 - House Speaker Sets Stage for Fiscal Cliff Talks November 2, 2012 - Economy Shows Signs of Strengthening October 25, 2012 - Lawmakers Likely To Move Toward Partial Deficit Reduction and Tax Deal October 19, 2012 - Register Now for the WDC/NAWB Peer-to-Peer Best Practices Session in November October 12, 2012 - Register Now for the WDC/NAWB Peer-to-Peer Best Practices Session in November October 5, 2012 - Unemployment Rate Falls to 7.8%, Lowest in Four Years September 28, 2012 - Mayors Highlight Workforce Training Successes, Call on Federal Government to Help Prepare Workers for Coming Private-Sector Job Growth September 14, 2012 - House Passes 6-Month Continuing Resolution September 7, 2012 - Unemployment Rate Falls to 8.1 Percent, Only 96,000 Jobs Added in August August 31, 2012 - HHS Announces New Investments in Public Health Workforce August 24, 2012 - Congress in Recess Until September 10th August 10, 2012 - Congress in Recess Until September 10th August 3, 2012 - Senate, House and White House Announce Stopgap Funding Deal; Unemployment Rate Increases July 27, 2012 - Senator Harkin Releases Sequestration Report, Holds Rally to Save Domestic Programs July 20, 2012 - House Appropriations Subcommittee Approves FY13 Labor-HHS-Education Funding Bill July 13, 2012 - Senate May Face Omnibus Spending Bill; House Subcommittee Mark-Up of FY Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill Next Week July 6, 2012 - Unemployment Rate Unchanged in June June 29, 2012 - House Budget Committee/Senate Extend Deadline for Report on Impact of Sequester Spending Cuts June 22, 2012 - Senate Appropriations Committee Approves Labor-HHS-Education FY13 Bill June 8, 2012 - House Education and the Workforce Committee Approves Workforce Investment Improvement Act June 1, 2012 - Senate Schedules Labor-HHS Appropriations Markup; Unemployment Rate Increases May 24, 2012 - Two Student Loan Extension Bills Expected to Fail in Senate Votes May 18, 2012 - Republican Budget Plans Defeated in Senate; Budget Deal Unlikely Until 2013 May 11, 2012 - FY13 Budget Reconciliation Bill; Register Now for the WDC June Meeting in Orlando - Hotel Deadline is Tuesday, May 15 May 4, 2012 - Unemployment Rate Declines Despite Weak Job Growth April 20, 2012 - House Holds Hearing on GOP WIA Legislation April 6, 2012 - Unemployment Rate Decreases Slightly as Job Growth Slows March 30, 2012 - House Passes GOP Budget Plan March 23, 2012 - House Democrats Introduce 2012 WIA Legislation March 16, 2012 - White House Announces New Plan to Consolidate TAA and WIA Dislocated Worker Programs March 9, 2012 - Unemployment Rate Holds at Lowest Percentage in Three Years March 2, 2012 - 2nd Round of TAA Community College and Career Training Grants Announced February 24, 2012 - WDC News - Jobless Claims Hold at Four-Year Low; Congress Back in Session on February 27 February 17, 2012 - President's Proposed FY13 Budget Increases Labor Spending by $20.2 Billion; Congress Passes Payroll Tax Cut Package; WDC Vice President Testifies at Senate HELP Committee Hearing on GAO Workforce Report February 10, 2012 - WDC Vice President to Testify Before Senate HELP Committee; Solis Reaches out to Local Leaders on Summer Jobs+ February 3, 2012 - House Requests Details on President's Training Proposal; Unemployment Decreases January 27, 2012 - President Calls for Reform of Job Training, UI System January 13, 2012 - House Resumes January 17; Senate to Return January 23 January 6, 2012 - White House Announces Summer Jobs+ Initiative; Unemployment Drops to Lowest Level in Almost Three Years December 29, 2011 - President Signs Two-Month Payroll Tax Cut Extension December 21, 2011 - House Rejects Payroll Tax Extension; Speaker Calls for Conference Committee December 16, 2011 - WIA Funding At 2.6 Billion December 9, 2011 - WIA Bills Call for Elimination/Consolidation and Restructuring; Bi-Partisan Senate Jobs Bill Also Consolidates WIA December 2, 2011 - Senator Reid to Push for FY12 Omnibus Spending Package; Unemployment Rate Decreases November 18, 2011 - Congress Passes New CR; Blumenthal/Miller Introduce Pathways Back to Work Act November 10, 2011 - Senate Proceeds to Second "Minibus"; Super Committee Misses Soft Deadline November 4, 2011 - Deficit Committee Remains at Stalemate as Deadline Approaches; Unemployment Declines October 28, 2011 - Super Committee Releases Proposals; Senate to Consider 'Minibus' Packages Next Week October 21, 2011 - Senate Rejects Jobs Bill Measures; Obama Signs Trade Deals October 14, 2011 - Congress Reauthorizes TAA October 7, 2011 - Majority Leader Reid Introduces Senate Version of American Jobs Act September 30, 2011 - House Releases FY12 Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill - Funding Cut by $4 Billion September 23, 2011 - Senate Rejects House CR September 16, 2011 - House Introduces CR for FY12 Appropriations September 9, 2011 - President Unveils American Jobs Act; USCM Releases "Common-Sense Jobs Agenda" September 2, 2011 - President to Unveil Jobs Proposal/Committee Examines Local Ideas to Improve Federal Job Training August 26, 2011 - Initial Jobless Claims Increase August 19, 2011 -WIA Field Hearings Continue August 12, 2011 - Jobs Bills Emerge in Congress/WIA Hearing August 5, 2011 - Congress Passes Debt Deal July 29, 2011- House Fails to Vote on Debt Plan; WIA Mark-up Delayed in Senate HELP Committee July 15, 2011 - Congressional Leaders Continue Debt Negotiations July 8, 2011 - Congressional Leaders to Work through the Weekend to Resolve Debt Crisis; Unemployment Rate Rises July 5, 2011 - McKeon Introduces the Workforce Investment Improvement Act; DOL Releases TEGL on Local Area Designation June 10, 2011 - Senate HELP Committee Releases WIA Title I and Title II Reauthorization Drafts June 3, 2011 - Murray's Workforce Bill Takes Shape; Obama Meets with House Leaders on Deficit Reduction May 27, 2011 - Senate Republicans Endorse House FY12 Budget Plan May 20, 2011 - Deficit Reduction Talks Continue As Negotiators Agree to $150 Billion in Cuts May, 13, 2011 - House Republicans Propose Steep Cuts to Labor/HHS in FY12 Allocations May 6, 2011 - Vice President Biden Begins Debt Limit Talks April 22, 2011 - Congress To Tackle Debt Ceiling, FY'12 Budget When It Resumes May 1 April 15, 2011 - President Obama to Sign CR Funding Remaining Months of FY11 April 8, 2011 - Government Shutdown Looming April 1, 2011 - Still No Agreement on FY11 Spending; Bi-Partisan SECTORS Act Introduced March 25, 2011 - USCM Vice President Los Angeles Mayor Villaraigosa Leads Rally to Oppose House Cuts/Congress Resumes March 28 March 18, 2011 - Passes Three-Week CR/ Funds Government Through April 8th March 11, 2011 - House to Unveil New Short-Term CR March 4, 2011 - President Obama Signs Two-Week Spending Bill; Avoids Government Shutdown February 25, 2011 - House Passes Continuing Resolution; Senate Set to Take-Up Legislation Next Week February 18, 2011 - Saturday Session Possible as House Continues Debate on Continuing Resolution February 14, 2011 - House Republican FY' 2011 Spending Bill Cuts $2 Billion in Workforce Funding February 4, 2011 - Appropriations and Budget Committees Announce Discretionary Spending Cuts January 28, 2011 - President Calls for Five-Year Spending Freeze January 7, 2011 - Unemployment Falls to 9.4% December 22, 2010 - Congress Sends Short-Term CR to President December 17, 2010 - Omnibus Fails in Senate; Congress Passes Tax Cuts Package December 12, 2010 - Tax Deal Future Unclear; Senate to Vote on Package Monday, December 13 December 3, 2010 - Senate Passes Continuing Resolution Legislation November 19, 2010 - UI Extension Package Fails in the House November 12, 2010 - New House Leadership Announced November 17 November 5, 2010 - WIA Reauthorization on Agenda Following Mid-Term Elections October 29, 2010 - Initial Jobless Claims Decrease October 22, 2010 - Mark Your Calendar for the Next WDC Board and Annual Winter Meeting on January 18-19, 2011 October 15, 2010 - Initial Jobless Claims Rise October 8, 2010 - Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 9.6 percent October 1, 2010 - President Obama Signs Continuing Resolution September 24, 2010 - House Passes Small-Business Bill September 17, 2010 - Senate Passes Small-Business Legislation September 2, 2010 - Register Now for the WDC Pre-Forum Workshop and 22nd Annual Congressional Forum - September 20-21 in DC (See Updated Agenda) August 27, 2010 - Register Now for the WDC Pre-Forum Workshop and 22nd Annual Congressional Forum - September 20-21 in DC (Updated Agenda Included) August 20, 2010 - Register Now for the WDC Pre-Forum Workshop and 22nd Annual Congressional Forum - September 20-21 in DC August 13, 2010 - President Obama Signs Education Jobs Bill August 6, 2010 - Senate Approves Education Jobs Bill; House Speaker Pelosi Calls House Back July 30, 2010 - Senate Appropriations Committee Approves Labor-HHS Bill July 23, 2010 - Senate Cuts Summer Jobs and Other Domestic Funding from War Supplemental/Obama Signs Unemployment Insurance Extension without Summer Jobs July 16, 2010 - House Subcommittee Approves Labor-HHS Appropriations July 9, 2010: Congress Returns July 12 July 2, 2010: House Adds Summer Jobs to War Supplemental; Passes Budget and UI Extension June 25, 2010: Senator Reid Withdraws Tax Extenders Bill; Local Jobs for America Act Introduced in Senate June 4, 2010: House Passes Tax Extenders; Includes $1 Billion for Summer Jobs May 28, 2010: House to Consider Slimmed Down Extenders Bill with Summer Jobs May 14, 2010: Summer Jobs Likely Included in Tax Extender's Bill May 7, 2010: Chairman Obey Stepping Down; CBC Touts Summer Jobs April 30, 2010 - Senate Committee Passes FY 2011 Budget Resolution, No Progress in House April 16, 2010 - Obama Signs Short-Term UI Benefits Extension April 8, 2010 - Senate to Consider Expired Benefits Monday April 2, 2010 - Unemployment Remains Unchanged; Obama Signs Health Care/Student Loan Reform March 25, 2010 - Action Alert! House Approves Summer Jobs Funding/Moves to Senate March 19, 2010 - President Signs First Jobs Bill March 12, 2010 - Miller Unveils Aid Package to Cities; Senate Passes Tax Extensions March 5, 2010 - House Passes Amended Jobs Bill, Returns to Senate February 12, 2010 Senator Reid Pushes Scaled Down Jobs Bill February 5, 2010 Senate Democrats Jobs Proposal Includes Dislocated Worker, Summer Jobs and Public Service Employment Funding January 29, 2010 Senate Jobs Bill Expected Next Week January 15, 2010 Congress Returns from Recess January 20 January 8, 2010 Unemployment Rate Unchanged December 23, 2009 Senate Wraps Up Appropriations December 18, 2009 - House Passes Jobs Creation Package; Senate Passes Omnibus December 4, 2009 Congress Considers Two-Part Omnibus Plan November 25, 2009 - Jobs Creation Package Moving November 20, 2009 - Labor-HHS Appropriations Likely to Move in Omnibus Package November 13, 2009 - President Schedules Jobs Forum November 6, 2009 Extends Unemployment Benefits/Unemployment hits 10.2% October 30, 2009 - Congress Passes Second CR October 23, 2009 House Introducing Second Continuing Resolution October 16, 2009 Second Continuing Resolution Likely; Democrats Talk of New Proposals to Prop Up the Economy October 9, 2009 - Unemployment Extension Likely October 2, 2009 - Congress Passes Continuing Resolution September 25, 2009 - House to Consider Continuing Resolution September 11, 2009 - Harkin to Chair Senate HELP Committee; Continuing Resolution Likely August 7, 2009 - Congress Adjourns for August Recess July 31, 2009 - Senate Appropriations Committee Passes Labor-HHS Bill July 24, 2009 - Senate Schedules Labor-HHS Appropriations Markup July 17, 2009 - Appropriations Committee to Mark Up Labor-HHS Bill July 10, 2009 - Subcommittee Marks Up Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill July 2, 2009 - Congress Resumes July 6th June 26, 2009 - Green Jobs Training Grants Announced; DOL
Assistant Secretary Oates Confirmed June 19 - Congress Gearing Up for Busy July June 10, 2009 - House Announces 302(b) Spending
Allocations June 5, 2009 - Appropriations Bills Moving Forward May 29, 2009 - Congress to Resume Appropriations Hearings
After Recess May 22, 2009 - Congress Adjourns for Memorial Day Recess May 15, 2009 - DOL Secretary Defends Labor Budget Before
Congress May 8, 2009 - Administration Releases FY2010 Budget May 1, 2009 - House and Senate Pass 2010 Budget
Resolution April 24, 2009 - House and Senate Appoint Budget
Conferees April 17, 2009 - Conference Committee to Begin Budget
Negotiations After Spring Recess April 10, 2009 - Jane Oates Nominated for Assistant
Secretary for ETA April 3, 2009 - House and Senate Pass Budget Resolutions March 27, 2009 - Budget Resolution Passes House and
Senate Committees March 13, 2009 - President Signs Omnibus March 6, 2009 - Unemployment Rate Reaches a New High of
8.1% February 27, 2009 - President Releases FY 2010 Budget
Proposal/ House Passes Omnibus Bill February 20, 2009 - President Signs the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act view the newsletter... February 13, 2009 - Both House and Senate to Vote on Conference Report Today view the newsletter... February 6, 2009 - Senate Moderates Close to Stimulus Deal; Majority Leader Reid Confident He Has 60 Votes view the newsletter... January 30, 2009 - House Passes Economic Recovery & Reinvestment Act; Measure Moves to the Senate? view the newsletter... January 16, 2009 - House Unveils $825 Billion Economic Recovery Package view the newsletter... January 9, 2009 - House To Take Up Economic Stimulus the Week of January 19th/Solis Senate Confirmation Hearing Today view the newsletter... December 23, 2008 - Happy Holidays! view the newsletter... December 19, 2008 - Representative Solis (CA) Announced as New Secretary of Labor Today view the newsletter... December 12, 2008 - House Plans to Unveil Economic Stimulus Package in January view the newsletter... December 5, 2008 - Senate to Convene on January 6 view the newsletter... November 21, 2008 - President Signs Extension of Unemployment Insurance Benefits view the newsletter... November 14, 2008 - Democratic Leadership to Decide on Lame-Duck Session Today view the newsletter... November 7, 2008 - Speaker Pelosi Advances Two-Part Second Stimulus; President-Elect Calls for Meeting of Transition Economic Advisory Board view the newsletter... October 31, 2008 - House Moving Towards $100 Billion Second Economic Stimulus Package During Lame Duck Session view the newsletter... October 24, 2008 - Congress Continues Work on Second Economic Stimulus Package view the newsletter... October 17, 2008 - Congress Announces New $150 Billion Economic Stimulus Package view the newsletter... October 10, 2008 - Congress Considering New Stimulus Plan view the newsletter... October 3, 2008 - House Passes $700 Billion Economic Rescue Plan view the newsletter... September 26, 2008 - House-Passed Continuing Resolution Set for Saturday Senate Vote view the newsletter... September 19, 2008 - House Moving Forward on Continuing Resolution view the newsletter... September 12, 2008 - Continuing Resolution to Fund Government Possible Vehicle for Economic Stimulus Package view the newsletter... September 5, 2008 - Register Now for the 20th Annual Congressional Forum view the newsletter... August 29, 2008 - Register Now for the 20th Annual Congressional Forum view the newsletter... August 25, 2008 Congress Adjourned for August Recess - Higher Education Act Signed Into Law view the newsletter... August 18, 2008 - Congress Adjourned for August Recess view the newsletter... August 8, 2008 - Congress Adjourned for August Recess view the newsletter... August 1, 2008 - Senate Unveils Second Stimulus Bill Including $24 Billion in Aid; Congress Adjourns for August Recess view the newsletter... July 25, 2008 - Second Stimulus Package Canceled until September view the newsletter... July 18, 2008 - Defense Spending Bill Possible Vehicle for Continuing Resolution view the newsletter... July 15, 2008 - Congress Plans Second Supplemental view the newsletter... July 3, 2008 - Congress Resumes July 7th view the newsletter... June 18, 2008 - Unemployment Insurance Extension Back into House War Supplemental view the newsletter... June 13, 2008 - Democrats Set to Pass War Supplemental Bill by End of Month view the newsletter... June 6, 2008 - CONGRESS APPROVES FY09 BUDGET view the newsletter... May 30, 2008 - Congress Resumes June 2 view the newsletter... May 23, 2008 - Salvages Domestic Spending in War Supplemental view the newsletter... May 16, 2008 - Supplemental Delayed Until June 15 view the newsletter... May 9, 2008 - House Supplemental War Funding Bill in Jeopardy view the newsletter... May 2, 2008 - FY09 Budget Resolution Resuscitated; Shortened Appropriations Season Likely view the newsletter... April 25, 2008 - Register Now for the WDC Board/Annual Meeting in Miami view the newsletter... April 18, 2008 - House Committee Approves Extension of Unemployment Benefits; Democrats Plan Second Stimulus Bill view the newsletter... April 11, 2008 - Conservative Democrats Demand Offsets for Budget Deal view the newsletter... April 4, 2008 - Democrats Race to Adopt Final Budget view the newsletter... March 28, 2008 - DOL Issues TEGL on Rescission view the newsletter... March 21, 2008 - Congress Resumes March 31 view the newsletter... March 14, 2008 - House Adopts Budget Resolution; Senate Defeats Earmark Moratorium view the newsletter... March 7, 2008 - House and Senate Budget Committees Approve FY09 Budget Proposals view the newsletter... February 29, 2008 - Democrats Consider a Second Stimulus Package view the newsletter... February 22, 2008 - Congress Will Reconvene on February 25 view the newsletter... February 15, 2008 - Congress Breaks for Presidents Day Recess; Reconvenes February 25 view the newsletter... February 8, 2008 - Congress Sends Stimulus Package to the President view the newsletter... February 1, 2008 - Economic Stimulus Package is Postponed in the Senate view the newsletter... January 18, 2008 - President Bush and Congressional Leaders Agree an Economic Stimulus Plan in Necessary view the newsletter... January 11, 2008 - Congress Reconvenes for Second Session on January 15 view the newsletter... January 4, 2008 - Congress Reconvenes for 2nd Session on January 15 view the newsletter... December 20, 2007 Omnibus Spending Package Heads to the President view the newsletter... December 14, 2007 - Democrats Accept President's Discretionary Spending Level view the newsletter... December 7, 2007- Democrats Move Forward with the Split-the-Difference Spending Plan view the newsletter...
November 21, 2007 - Congress will Reconvene December 4th
November 16, 2007 - House Fails to Override Labor-HHS Appropriations Veto
November 9, 2007 - Labor-HHS Bill Heads to the President as Stand-Alone Measure
November 2, 2007 - Conference Report includes $245 Million Rescission of WIA Carryover Funding
October 19, 2007 - McKeon Offers WIA Reauthorization Amendment to Trade Assistance Bill
October 16, 2007 - Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill Heads to Conference
October 5, 2007 - McKeon Introduces WIA Reauthorization Bill
September 28, 2007 - Congress Passes Continuing Resolution
September 21, 2007 - Congress Must Pass a Continuing Resolution Next Week
September 14, 2007 - Congressional Leaders Prepare a Short Term Continuing Resolution
September 7, 2007 - $50 Million Workforce Initiative Launched
August 10, 2007 - House Passes Legislation to Prepare Workers for Green Jobs
August 3, 2007 - Congress
Break for August Recess Delayed
July 28, 2007- Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness
Subcommittee Holds Second Hearing on WIA Reauthorization
July 20, 2007 House
Passes FY08 Labor HHS Appropriations Bill
July 13, 2007 - ACTION
ALERT - $335 Million Rescission Amendment is added to FY 2008 Labor HHS Bill
July 3, 2007 - House Holds Hearing on WIA
Reauthorization
June 15, 2007 - Labor-HHS Appropriations Delayed
Until After July 4th Recess
June 8, 2007 - Labor-HHS Appropriation
Subcommittee Passes Spending Bill
June 1, 2007 - Congress Returns from Recess June 4th
May 25, 2007 - Congress Passes Increase in
Minimum Wage
May 18, 2007 - Congress Adopts Fiscal 2008
Budget Resolution May 11, 2007 - Deadline for Early Registration for WDC Annual Meeting in
May 4, 2007 - House and Senate to Announce FY08 Budget Resolution
Conferees Next Week April 20, 2007 - Twenty-Four Senators Have Signed Cantwell/Collins Dear
Colleague Letter April 13, 2007 - House Returns April 16th April 6, 2007 - Congressional Staff Begin Negotiations on Budget
Resolution in Advance of Lawmaker Negotiations Following Spring Recess March 30, 2007 - House Approves FY08 Budget Resolution March 26, 2007 - House Budget Resolution Increases Education and Training
Spending by $3 Billion March 16, 2007 - Budget Committee Chair Releases Mark for FY 2008 Budget
Resolution March 9, 2007 - Appropriations Process Delayed by War Supplemental
Negotiations March 5, 2007 - Local Coalition WIA Paper Presented to HELP Committee February 23, 2007 - Congress Breaks Till February 27th February 16, 2007 - FY 2007 Spending Bill Heads to the President February 9, 2007 - President's Budget Calls for a $715 Million Cut to
Workforce Programs February 2, 2007 - House Passes Continuing Resolution without Rescission/DOL
Proposed Regulations Halted January 19, 2007 - New Activity on Minimum Wage Increase; Education and
Labor Subcommittee Lists Announced January 12, 2007 - House Passes Minimum Wage Increase |