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January 7 - 2007 Legislative Summary: Appropriations: Transporation-HUD

January 7 - 2007 Legislative Summary: Banking & Financial Services: Mortgage Policy Overhaul

January 21 - HOPE VI Plan Would Replace Torn-Down Units

January 28 - Different Economic Stakes for Different States

January 28 - Social Security Administration Is Unready, Willing and Disabled

January 28 - Stimulus Package Highlights

February 11 - Fiscal 2009 Budget: Health and Human Services

February 11 - Fiscal 2009 Budget: Housing and Urban Development

February 25 - Political Economy: Impoverished Politics

March 3 - Democrats Pull Housing Bill Over Gun Vote

March 3 - Health Centers' Boom Muffled By the Uninsured

March 3 - Homeowner Relief Measure StallsOver Bankruptcy Restructuring Plan

March 10 - HHS Springs Welfare Surprise

March 10 - Renewed Neighborhoods May Be Back on the Brink

March 17 - Fed Dips Into Bag of Liquidity Tricks

March 17 - Regulatory Checks and Balances

March 17 - Risk and Regulation

March 24 - Attitude Shift at Fed Shows in Big Bailout

March 24 - Political Economy: A Capital Idea

April 7 - Amid Inquiry Into Alleged Cronyism, Jackson Resigns as HUD Secretary

April 7 - Highlights of the Treasury's Plan

April 7 - Major Provisions of the Senate Bill

April 7 - Mortgage Relief Moves Forward

April 14 - Senate Committee Urges Federal Agencies to Donate Surplus Food

April 14 - Senate Passes Mortgage Crisis Measure

April 28 - House Votes to Block Medicaid Cuts

May 5 - Full House to Take Up Bill to Expand FHA-Backed Mortgage Refinancing

May 5 - Highlights of the Mortgage Bill

May 12 - 'Hunger' Not in USDA Lexicon

May 12 - Focus Shifts to More Healthful Meals

May 12 - House Passes Expanded Mortgage Bill

May 12 - Proposed Changes to Food Programs

May 12 - Sharper Pangs of Food Insecurity'

June 9 - Senate Confirms Former SBA Chief to Head Housing Department

June 23 - FEMA Must Pay for Damaged Public Housing

June 23 - House Panel Approves Parent Training Grants

June 23 - House Transportation Bill Advances Without Highway Trust Fund Relief

June 23 - Mortgage Bill Nears Senate Passage With Broad Bipartisan Support

June 30 - Mortgage Relief Bill Held Up in Senate

July 7 - FHA Guarantees Not a Panacea

July 7 - The Housing Gamble

July 7 - When Disaster Strikes And the Response Fails

July 14 - Bill Would Loosen Public Housing Regulations

July 14 - Comparison of House, Senate Mortgage Packages

July 14 - Senate Bill Addresses Highway Shortfall

July 14 - Senate Sends Mortgage Bill to House

July 21 - Dimensions of a Mortgage Crisis

July 21 - Fannie and Freddie's World of Lobbying

July 21 - Highlights of the Bush Mortgage Proposal

July 21 - Mortgage Giants' Critics: Once Isolated, Now Vindicated

July 21 - Reservations About Treasury Plan

July 28 - Highlights of the Mortgage Package

July 28 - Housing Bill Ends Charity-Financed Down Payments

July 28 - Political Economy: Guessing Games

August 4 - House Bill Seeks Wider Definition of Homeless Eligible for HUD Aid

August 4 - Offshore Drilling Standoff Bumps Extra Energy Aid for the Poor

September 8 - Political Economy: Drawing a Finer Line

September 15 - House Unlikely to Hold Another Vote on Vetoed Children's Health Bill This Year

September 22 - House Clears Extension of Benefits for Immigrants

September 22 - House Passes Adoption Incentives

September 29 - 'Housing First' Champion Touts Success of Program

September 29 - Expansion for Adoption Incentives Program Renewed

September 29 - Political Economy: Building a Floor

September 29 - Stormy Seas for Financial Rescue

September 29 - When Both Candidate-Senators Joined the Talks

October 6 - Appropriations Package Funds Government Until Early March

November 17 - Political Economy: Selling Us Short

December 8 - 2008 Legislative Summary: Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Assistance

December 8 - 2008 Legislative Summary: Financial Industry Assistance

December 8 - 2008 Legislative Summary: Mortgage Relief