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    Which Senate Committees are Important for Disability Issues?

    posted May 19, 2010, 7:43 AM by Nichole Pangle   [ updated May 19, 2010, 7:54 AM ]

    Senate Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Apporpriations
    •  This committee oversees funding for IDEA, employment, vocational rehabilitation, administrative funds for Social Security and many other programs
    Senate Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
    • This committee oversees funding for HUD Section 8 and Section 811 housing programs, transportation programs
    Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee
    • This committee oversees funding for HUD and mass transit
    Senate Finance Committee
    • This committee oversees Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, Supplemental Security Income
    Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee
    • This committee oversees IDEA, Vocational rehabilitation, Developmental Disabilities Act programs, ADA, health care and more
    Senate Judiciary Committee
    • This committee oversees civil rights issues
    Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee
    • This committee oversees transportation, aviation, regulation of consumer products
     

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