FY2014: Heroin Death Increase, New Disease and More Homeless Veterans

In October of last year, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that heroin deaths have doubled from a 2010 study compared to a 2012 study taken from state health departments mortality files for the period 2008-2012. The Northeast (211.2%) and Southern (180.9%) states had the largest amount of overdose deaths.

Omnibus Funding Breakdown and the New Obama Foreign Policy Move

President Obama signed the 1,603 page Omnibus Appropriations Bill that totals to $1.1 trillion, after passing Congress, that will keep the government operating through September 30, 2015.

It includes an additional expenditure of $25 million for Ebola emergency preparedness and response fund.

It includes $3.4 billion to fund the “fight” against ISIS, for the air campaign and replenish weaponry already used, as well as $1.6 billion to train and equip Iraqi allies.

The Internal Revenue Service fund was cut $345.6 million and VP Joe Biden will not get a raise.