First FY 2025 Appropriations Bill Passes House

The House passed its first fiscal year (FY) 2025 spending bill during yesterday’s session and has completed legislative business for the week. The funding measure for MilCon-VA passed largely along party lines amid Democratic opposition to the GOP-sponsored bill. Lawmakers will take a pause on consideration of pending government funding bills next week as they […]

The Senate will gavel in for legislative business today for further consideration of a bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Leadership is still discussing a “time agreement” that would unlock votes on potentially dozens of amendments that are both germane and nongermane to aviation, though House Republican leadership is reportedly pushing back against […]

The “big four” congressional leaders are slated to meet with President Biden this morning to try and hash out a path forward on government funding and the foreign aid supplemental. With funding for Agriculture-FDA, Military Construction-VA, Energy-Water, and Transportation-HUD set to expire Friday at midnight without a deal, it is increasingly likely that another continuing […]