House Republicans Struggle to Reach Consensus on Budget, Delaying Debt Ceiling Negotiations
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives who have threatened to use negotiations over raising the debt ceiling to secure major funding concessions in fiscal year (FY) 2024 are struggling to…
HUD Secretary Fudge Responds to House Appropriations Ranking Member’s Request for Information on Impact of Potential Budget Cuts
Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), ranking member of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Appropriations, sent letters to federal agencies on January 19 requesting information about how…
House Freedom Caucus Proposes Funding Caps and Work Requirements
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Freedom Caucus – a group of ultra-conservative Republicans in the House, led by Representative Scott Perry (R-PA) – released a broad outline of the…
Representative Maxine Waters Calls on Democratic Colleagues to Protect Affordable Housing and Homelessness Investments in FY2024 Budget
U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Financial Services Ranking Member Maxine Waters (D-CA) released a statement on March 15 urging her Democratic colleagues to work together to oppose funding…
President Biden Releases FY24 Budget Request with Modest Discretionary Funding Increases, Plus Major Proposed Investments in Mandatory Spending
President Joe Biden and HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge released their full fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget request on March 9. The proposal calls for increased funding for affordable housing and…
President Biden to Unveil FY24 Budget Request This Week
President Biden is expected to unveil a topline summary of his fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget request on Thursday, March 9, with more details to follow during the week of March 13. NLIHC will share an…
Senate Appropriations Committee Begins Plotting Path toward FY24 Budget
The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, led by Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) and Ranking Member Susan Collins (R-ME), held its first full committee meeting on March 2 to begin planning a path…
Bipartisan Policy Center Releases Analysis Showing Government Will Likely Default on Loans in Summer or Early Fall
The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) released an analysis on February 22 finding that, absent congressional action, the federal government will likely default on its loans during the summer or early…
Senate Democrats Release Report Outlining Impact of Potential Programmatic Cuts If FY24 Spending Is Capped at FY22 Levels
The Senate Democratic Policy and Communications Committee, led by Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), released a report on February 15 detailing the impacts of potential funding cuts being proposed by…
House Republicans Begin Outlining Proposed Federal Spending and Benefit Cuts
U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on the Budget Chair Jodey Arrington (R-TX) released a list of potential federal spending cuts, totaling almost $1.3 trillion, on January 8. The list was…
President Biden and Speaker McCarthy Meet to Kick Off Debt Ceiling and Spending Negotiations
President Joe Biden and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) met at the White House on February 1 to begin what is likely to be a long series of negotiations over…