July 2004

In This Issue:

• Budget Deadlock Continues; Appropriations Stalled as Congress Recesses
• Re-engineering Initiative Finalized
• TEFAP Eligibility and The New Medicare Drug Card
• More Bonus Fruit on the Way
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• Budget Deadlock Continues; Appropriations Stalled as Congress Recesses
• It’s politics before spending this year. Congress began a prolonged election-year summer recess on July 24, with major business – including next year’s budget and spending plan – still pending. Lawmakers have tacked on two weeks to the normal vacation month of August – the last week in July for the Democratic convention in Boston and the first week in September for the Republican convention in New York. Members of Congress will not resume deliberations in Washington until September 7. Continue Reading »

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