By Kim Johnson, NLIHC Senior Policy Director Members of Congress are returning to their offices on Capitol Hill today after a weeklong recess. In the Senate, negotiations over the fiscal…
By Kim Johnson, NLIHC Senior Policy Director Members of Congress left their offices on Capitol Hill for a weeklong July 4 recess amid ongoing disagreements on numerous key issues,…
By Alayna Calabro, NLIHC Senior Policy Analyst The Senate appropriations process remains at a standstill as appropriators have not reached a topline spending agreement for their fiscal…
By Kim Johnson, NLIHC Senior Director of Policy Senate appropriators are continuing negotiations over a topline spending agreement for their fiscal year (FY) 2027 spending bills. The…
By Kim Johnson, NLIHC Senior Director of Policy Disagreements over topline spending amounts for defense and non-defense programs have forced members of the Senate Appropriations Committee to…
By Kim Johnson, NLIHC Senior Director of Policy Republicans in the House of Representatives passed on June 9 a second reconciliation bill (S.2; referred to as “Reconciliation 2.0”) by a…
By Kim Johnson, NLIHC Senior Director of Policy The House Appropriations Committee held a markup on June 3 of the House fiscal year (FY) 2027 spending bill for Transportation, Housing and…
By Kim Johnson, NLIHC Senior Director of Policy and Tia Turner, NLIHC Project Manager, Our Homes, Our Votes Senate Republicans passed by a vote of 52-47 a second reconciliation package in…
By Kim Johnson, NLIHC Senior Director of Policy Congressional Republicans are expected to continue negotiations this week over a second reconciliation package, dubbed “Reconciliation 2.0,” that…
By Kim Johnson, NLIHC Senior Director of Policy The House Appropriations Committee is scheduled to hold a June 3 markup of the House fiscal year (FY) 2027 spending bill funding HUD’s affordable…
By Kim Johnson, NLIHC Senior Director of Policy Members of Congress left their offices on Capitol Hill on May 22 to return to their home states and districts for a week-long Memorial Day recess…
By Kim Johnson, NLIHC Senior Director of Policy The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) held on May 21 a markup of its fiscal year (FY…