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- WASHINGTON UPDATE
- EXECUTIVE JOB POSTING
WASHINGTON UPDATE
According to ANCOR, the House Narrowly Approved FY 2005 Budget Resolution and the Senate vote was Pushed until after Memorial Day Recess. After more than two months of negotiating over a final conference report on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 Budget Resolution (S.Con.Res. 95), House and Senate budget conferees and GOP leadership reached a compromise Wednesday, May 19th, allowing the budget blueprint to move forward for consideration by both chambers. The compromise agreement would institute a one-year pay-as-you-go requirement—which would require all new tax cuts or new spending to be offset by either cutting elsewhere in the budget or by raising revenues for the next year. PAYGO rules have been a sticking point throughout the negotiations. And despite rumors to the contrary over the past several weeks, House and Senate conferees did not include reconciliation instructions calling for $2.2 billion in Medicaid cuts, as originally included by the House.
The House gave its final approval to the FY 2005 Budget Resolution on the 19th in a narrow 216-216 vote. While the Senate hoped to give its approval before heading home for the week-long Memorial Day recess, several Senators rejected the compromise agreement and thwarted Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist’s hopes of quick passage. Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Susan Collins (R-ME), Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), and Ben Nelson (D-NE) continued their strong opposition to establishing only one-year PAYGO rules; they have been calling for multi-year PAYGO rules on both entitlement spending and tax cuts, as adopted in the Senate’s original budget resolution. Without the votes needed for passage, Frist opted to shelve the Senate’s consideration of the final budget resolution until after the Memorial Day recess. There is no penalty if there is no final budget resolution; without one, however, annual appropriations could be capped at last year’s levels and entitlement and tax programs would be subject to 60 votes to cut off debate and restrict amendments before passage.
THANK YOU TO ANCOR and NYSACRA MEMBERS who urged their Senators and Representative to reject Medicaid cuts in the FY 2005 budget resolution. Your calls and letters definitely helped make the difference!
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