Washington Updates

The Senate last night, in a bipartisan 78-22 vote, passed a 10-week continuing resolution (CR) that funds the government through December 11. The House approved the same measure earlier in the week. In addition to keeping the government up and running at...

Following a five-week summer recess, the Congress returned to Washington yesterday for a short work period with adjournment in both houses expected no later than September 23. The congressional agenda will be limited to a temporary spending bill and, with...

The House and Senate adjourned late last week for their annual August recess, leaving no shortage of legislative to-do items to address later in the year. With Congress’s summer work period now over, we wanted to provide a brief overview of the post...

ECONOMISTS BEHIND THE FCC’S SPECTRUM AUCTIONS TO RECEIVE GOLDEN GOOSE AWARD 3 rd Annual Golden Goose Award Ceremony to be held Sept. 18 at the Library of Congress; Science Correspondent Miles O’Brien to be Master of Ceremonies Robert Wilson, Paul Milgrom...

DOE Awards $100 Million for Innovative Energy Research, Harvard One of Grant Recipients The Department of Energy recently announced the awarding of $100 million for Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRCs) meant to accelerate scientific breakthroughs...

The House of Representatives adopted a FY15 budget today on a 219-205 party line vote. Budget resolutions set overall spending caps to guide the appropriations process. Since overall caps for FY15 were previously agreed to in the December 2013 budget deal...

The White House submitted the President’s FY15 Budget Request to Congress today, marking the official start to the budget and appropriations process for the fiscal year beginning on October 1. Though non-binding on the Congress, the President’s budget...

Last night, Congress was unable to reach an agreement on continuing funding for the federal government into the next fiscal year forcing a government shutdown today. While federal agency staff will work this morning to shut down all but the essential...

After weeks of dueling press conferences, Washington policymakers worked through the weekend on a deal to reopen the federal government and increase the federal debt limit. In recent days, Senate leaders have moved into the lead on the negotiations and...

After weeks of drama, Senate leaders today announced a bipartisan deal to end the federal government shutdown, address the debt limit and send the House and Senate dueling FY14 Budget Resolutions to conference. While the timing remains unclear, it seems...