In fiscal year 2023, USAID managed more than $40 billion in appropriations, the Congressional Research Service said, a figure that is less than 1% of the federal budget. Most of that funding went to governance programs, followed by the humanitarian and health sectors, according to the rep...
“If Trump returns to office, the aviation industry could face sweeping changes, with deregulation likely taking centre stage. We’d expect a renewed push to ease up on federal oversight, favouring a more ‘self-regulate’ approach for major industries like aviation,” Loranger predicted. “This ...
The Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA) was signed into law on December 27, 2020, as a stimulus measure to provide relief to those affected by the pandemic. For tax year 2020 taxpayers that take the Standard Deduction can deduct up to $300 of qualified cash contributi...
Since the hotline launched, it has been dependent on federal grants and annual appropriations. A gush of funding flowed when 988 launched, "but those annual appropriations are something you have to keep going back for year after year, so the sustainability aspect is a little more fraught...
where the recipient usually has to come up with funds to match the federal money given, block grants in which the receiving agency has a little more allowance in how to use the money than with a categorical grant, and earmark grants which are congressional appropriations not competitively bid....
"In future years, we will see the FAFSA even further simplified and hopefully tied more closely to the IRS so that when people are completing their taxes, they'll have a good idea breakdown of how much federal grant aid they will qualify for," Draeger says. The FAFSA Simplification Act ...
Roughly two weeks after President Biden signed the FRA into law, the Congressional House Committee on Appropriations delivered cursory insights into how FY2024 and FY2025 funding could play out for federal agencies. Congress deploys a multitiered approach to appropriate and allocate funding. After new...
The challenges are aimed at unwinding many of the president's policies, which they believe are unlawful. They have targeted his plans tocrack down on illegal immigration,shrink the sizeof the federal government and cutspending, as well as Mr. Trump's pledge to end what he believes isthe wea...
Since Congress has not approved appropriations for any federal departments, all would be affected. Every agency has its own set of plans and procedures for a shutdown. The plans include how many employees would be furloughed, which employees are considered essential and would work without pay,...
The bill would fully fund core federal services and maintain operations without increasing spending, according to the GOP-ledHouse Appropriations Committee. “With no poison pills or unrelated riders – the bill is simple: extend funding and certainty for the nation,” Committee Chairman Tom Cole of...