Senate Vote: Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Resolution
Summary: Provides funding for education, children's health insurance, unemployment relief, and energy assistance
Result: Bill Passed
A vote for the bill was counted as a + vote (in line with LCCR's position)
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Bill Name: Budget Resolution Fiscal Year 2009
Bill Number: S. Con. Res. 70
Issue: Budget
Date: 03/14/08
Roll Call No. 85
In March 2008, the Senate considered its budget resolution for Fiscal Year 2009.
A budget resolution places certain constraints on Congress' spending in the upcoming fiscal year. It must be approved by both chambers of Congress, but does not need to be signed by the president.
LCCR supported S. Con. Res. 70.
It included badly-needed increases in crucial services, while reversing damaging cuts and oversights in the budget that had been proposed by President Bush.
Among its key provisions, the budget resolution called for $8.8 billion more than the president's budget for the No Child Left Behind Act and other education programs.
It also provided a badly needed increase of $50 billion over five years for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP); additional economic stimuli including unemployment relief; an increase in the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP); and expanded Food Stamp assistance.
Result: The Senate adopted S. Con. Res. 70 (51-44).
