Senator Shelby announces deadline extended to March 11. Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama, senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced a breakthrough in the negotiations surrounding the…
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House to Vote on Stopgap Funding
Appropriators are still writing spending bills. The House of Representatives is scheduled to take up a three-week stopgap funding extension on Tuesday that would buy more time—until March…
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Senate Negotiations Approach Budget Deadline
Priorities may be switched from passing BBB to budgeting omnibus. The Senate has been working on passing a budgeting omnibus package for months which was delayed by opposition…
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Speaker Pelosi Lays Out New House Agenda
Congress faces funding deadline of February 18. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House would shift its focus to passing a government funding bill and legislation aimed at…
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Annual Military Pay Raise Decreases Slightly
President signed policy bill to help stopgap federal continuing resolution. President Joe Biden signed the National Defense Authorization Act NDAA) into law before the new year, which will…
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Debt Limit Deal Advances in Senate
A vote is expected on Friday as Senate clear procedural hurdles. The Senate took a step toward increasing the federal government’s debt limit by voting to limit debate…
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House Passes Defense Spending Bill
The bill awaits the Senate vote before heading to the president’s desk. The $768 billion annual defense spending bill for 2022 was passed by the House of Representatives late…
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House Plans Debt Limit Vote This Week
New borrowing authority is needed by December 15 to avoid a shutdown. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Monday that the House will vote on a bill to…
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President Signs Stopgap Spending Bill
He called it the “bare minimum.” On Friday, President Biden signed the short-term continuing resolution that will keep the government fully funded through February 18, avoiding a partial…
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Appropriators Reach Deal on Government Funding
Congress works to avoid government shutdown. House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut said that the top congressional appropriators have reached an agreement on a spending deal to fund…
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