National Security Supplemental Passes Congress
President Joe Biden is poised to sign a $95 billion national security funding package after the Senate overwhelmingly passed [79-18] the package late last night. The supplemental appropriations measure provides $61 billion for Ukraine, $26.4 billion for Israel and Gaza, and $8.1 billion for U.S. allies in the Indo-Pacific. It also includes a modified version […]
- March 21, 2024
Appropriations Committees Unveil Final Six-Bill Spending Package
Early this morning, congressional appropriators unveiled legislative text for the final spending package for fiscal year (FY) 2024. The House will vote first on this six-bill minibus —which contains the appropriations bills for Labor-HHS-Education, Defense, Financial Services and General Government (FSGG), Homeland Security, State-Foreign Operations, and Legislative Branch — during tomorrow’s session. The Senate will […]
- March 20, 2024
Lawmakers Await Text for Last Six FY 2024 Bills
Leadership is racing to finalize legislative text for the remaining fiscal year (FY) 2024 spending bills as Congress brushes close to Friday’s deadline. All six measures — including Labor-HHS-Education, Defense, Financial Services and General Government (FSGG), Homeland Security, State-Foreign Operations, and Legislative Branch — will be packaged together in a “minibus” that could be released as […]
- March 19, 2024
Leadership Reaches Agreement on Remaining FY 2024 Spending Bills
Congressional leadership and White House officials have reached an agreement on the next tranche of funding bills as lawmakers look to turn the page on fiscal year (FY) 2024. Leaders announced the agreement after navigating several border security and immigration policy disagreements within the Homeland Security spending bill, which may ultimately need a year-long continuing […]
- March 18, 2024
Congress Races to Finalize Last Remaining FY 2024 Spending Bills
Congress will return on Tuesday with less than one week until the next government funding deadline. As of this writing, five out of the remaining six spending bills are reportedly ready to go, but policy disagreements over the fiscal year (FY) 2024 measure for Homeland Security have yet to be ironed out. As such, leadership […]
- March 15, 2024
The Latest on Government Funding Ahead of Next Week’s Deadline
Congress will return on Tuesday with less than one week until the next government funding deadline. According to the latest reports out of Capitol Hill, policy disagreements within two of the six remaining bills, Homeland Security and State-Foreign Operations, still have yet to be settled. Of note, Senate Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Susan Collins (R-ME) […]
- March 14, 2024
House Sends Possible TikTok Ban to the Senate
House lawmakers overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan bill that could ultimately ban the popular social media app TikTok. Specifically, the House passed The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (H.R. 7521), which would force the Chinese parent company of TikTok to divest its ownership of the app within 165 days of enactment or face […]
- March 12, 2024
White House Releases FY 2025 Budget Request
The Biden administration unveiled its annual budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2025 yesterday as policymakers race to play catch-up on the lagging appropriations process. Government funding is expected to eat up significant bandwidth in Washington in the coming weeks and months ahead, especially given the fact that Congress still needs to pass the remaining […]
- March 11, 2024
Congress Churns Through FY 2024 Appropriations
Congress is officially halfway through its to-do list for fiscal year (FY) 2024 spending bills after President Biden signed a six-bill “minibus” package last week. Appropriators will now turn their attention to the remaining six funding measures — including Defense, Homeland Security, Financial Services and General Government (FSGG), Labor-HHS-Education, State and Foreign Operations, and Legislative […]
- March 7, 2024
Previewing the 2024 State of the Union: A look at President Biden’s Policy Asks
President Joe Biden is slated to deliver his State of the Union (SOTU) address where he will outline his re-election campaign platform ahead of his rematch with former President Donald Trump in the 2024 general election. The president is expected to tout progress on key policy items contained within laws passed during his administration — […]
- March 6, 2024
House Eyes Passage of Six-Bill ‘Minibus’
House lawmakers will meet today for consideration of a six-bill spending package ahead of Friday’s government funding deadline. This first “minibus” — which contains the spending measures for Agriculture-FDA, Commerce-Justice-Science, Energy-Water Development, Interior-Environment, Military Construction-VA, and Transportation-HUD — is expected to pass under suspension of the rules today with support on both sides of the aisle. […]
- March 5, 2024
The Latest on the Senate GOP Leadership Race
The race to replace Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is beginning to take shape ahead of the highly-anticipated November 2024 leadership elections. Notably, Senate GOP Whip John Thune (R-SD) said yesterday that he “hopes” to be elevated to the position of GOP Leader in the fall, joining former Senate GOP Whip John Cornyn (R-TX) […]
- March 4, 2024
Congress Readies Six-Bill Spending Package
Congressional leadership has unveiled legislative text of a six-bill “minibus” spending package for consideration this week as lawmakers look to clear the decks on fiscal year (FY) 2024 appropriations this month. The spending package contains the funding measures for Agriculture-FDA, Commerce-Justice-Science, Energy-Water Development, Interior-Environment, Military Construction-VA, and Transportation-HUD, as funding for this tranche expires Friday at midnight. […]