Washington Updates

Well in advance of the September 30 fiscal year end, Congress completed action this week to extend current government funding levels through December 11. With the President expected to sign the bill into law, this action avoids politically costly...

On Friday, President Trump released his fiscal year (FY) 2027 budget request, once again seeking to restructure the federal bureaucracy and make steep cuts to education and research—proposals that were largely rejected or at least mitigated by Congress in...

While the situation around FY26 final spending measures remains very fluid, there are negotiations ongoing between Congressional and Administration leaders amid the fallout from recent fatal shootings in Minneapolis. However, time is very short before the...

On Thursday, the House approved (341-88; 220-207) the remaining fiscal year 2026 appropriations bills, providing full-year funding for the Departments of Health and Human Services, Education, Labor, Defense, and Homeland Security and rejecting the deep...

With none of the twelve annual spending bills signed into law, Congress has returned from its August recess and has begun negotiations on a short-term stopgap funding bill to fund the government beyond Fiscal Year 25, which expires on September 30, and to...

When Congress returns next week from its August recess, three weeks will remain until current government funding expires at the start of the new fiscal year and until Congress’ scheduled adjournment for fall campaigning ahead of November’s consequential...

Today, Congressional leaders reached an agreement on a fourth continuing resolution (CR) to temporarily fund the government beyond March 1, the first of two funding deadlines, with the plan to consider a full year spending package for six of the twelve...

Less than two months after narrowly avoiding a government shutdown , Congress once again is facing an end-of-the-week deadline to extend current funding with another continuing resolution (CR) or face a lapse in appropriations after Friday, November 17...

In an unexpected turn of events, the House of Representatives this afternoon on a strong bipartisan vote approved a continuing resolution (CR) to provide 45 days of stopgap federal funding at current levels. The Senate is expected to take up and pass this...

With a little more than one week remaining in fiscal year 2023, Congress has not yet enacted any FY24 appropriations bills or a continuing resolution (CR) to provide discretionary funding beyond September 30. A series of setbacks in the House this week...