1, congressional appropriators announced they would pass a final 2024 budget for the Department of Energy and other agencies next week. In the meantime, to avoid a partial government shutdown on Friday, when funding for DOE and other agencies was set to expire, Congress on Thursday passed yet...
Talks on a spending bill for the current budget year have bogged down in the wake of President Donald Trump’s efforts to slash federal spending and its workforce. No description available What has Donald Trump not done yet? Here are some policy areas where he might act nextRead full article...
Lawmakers are also in the midst of creating a new budget, which has yet to be finalized. Before the start of each fiscal year, Congress must pass 12 appropriations bills that fund the government. In September, Congress passed a short-term spending bill that extended funding until midnight ...
2024 Outlook: Will legislators pass meaningful reforms to PBMs? The jury is still out "I would just say that we remain optimistic," said Shields. "I think the lack of PBM language at this point in the budget package to me has to do with the broader contours about the budget ...
The House and Senate budget committees are then meant to pass a budget resolution by the middle of April. In mid-May, the House is supposed to begin considering the appropriations bills. By the end of June, the House is expected to conclude the process, according to the Congressional Researc...
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And, of course, shutdowns are what happens when Congress fails to pass budget legislation with the necessary appropriations. The debt ceiling is something else. Also yesterday, WaPo reported that House GOP leadership is “embarking on an education campaign to make sure their members understand ...
Trump's last-minute demand was almost an impossible ask, and Johnson had almost no choice but to work around his pressure for a debt ceiling increase. The speaker knew there wouldn’t be enough support within the GOP majority to pass any funding pa...
The North Carolina Republican told reporters as the duo exited the meeting that he brought Patel by to “introduce” him to GOP senators in attendance. Several Republicans have not yet committed to confirming Patel, who has made disparaging statements about the FBI in the past, but no GOP sena...
Schumer said on the floor Monday that "both sides are making progress negotiating on a bill that will pass the House and Senate with bipartisan support." “We need to keep divisive and unnecessary provisions out of any government funding extension, or it will get harder to pass a CR in ti...