Trump Budget Receives Cool Reception from Congress, Budget Committees Hear from OMB Director
Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle criticized President Donald Trump’s FY18 budget request to cut billions of dollars from programs that help low income people. Some Republicans have…
Trump proposes severe budget cuts to HUD and USDA. Act Now!
Trump proposes severe budget cuts to HUD and USDA. Act now! Join us for a webinar on Wednesday, May 31 at 3pm ET Register Today for this Webinar! President Trump’s FY18 budget request –…
Oppose Harmful Policy Riders and Budget Cuts in FY18 Spending Bills
Sign your organization onto a letter from the Clean Budget Coalition (CBC) —a group of more than 100 organizations—telling Congress to reject harmful poison-pill policy riders in the FY18 spending…
Trump FY18 Budget Calls for Massive Cuts to Affordable Housing Programs
A copy of President Trump’s 2018 budget for HUD was leaked on May 19. The leaked budget would slash funding for affordable housing programs that millions of low income seniors, people with…
Democratic Lawmakers Urge Congress to Raise Spending Caps
Democratic lawmakers urged their colleagues to come to a bipartisan agreement to raise federal spending caps equally for defense and nondefense programs for FY18. Without an agreement, the cap on non…
Join Letters Opposing Harmful Policy Riders and Budget Cuts in FY18 Spending Bills
NLIHC has joined the Clean Budget Coalition (CBC) —a group of more than 100 organizations—to urge Congress to reject harmful poison-pill policy riders in the FY18 spending bills. NLIHC has also…
Webinar on Effective Messaging to Stop Trump’s Proposed Cuts to Affordable Housing, May 19
Join a webinar titled “Getting the Message Right: How to Stop Trump’s Proposed Cuts to Affordable Housing” on May 19, 3:00-4:00 pm ET. In his spending blueprint for FY18, President Donald Trump…
Webinar to Get the Message Right: How to Stop Trump’s Proposed Cuts to Affordable Housing
Getting the Message Right: How to Stop Trump’s Proposed Cuts to Affordable Housing Friday, May 19 at 3pm ET Register Today! In his blueprint for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018, President Trump…
Congress Passes Final FY 2017 Spending Bill
Congress passed its final FY17 spending bill on March 4, ending months of uncertainty. The bill passed with bipartisan support in both chambers by a vote of 309-118 in the House and 79-18 in the…
Congress Enacts Final FY17 Spending Bill, House Repeals The Affordable Care Act
Congress Passes Final FY 2017 Spending Bill Ending months of uncertainty, Congress passed its final Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 spending bill on Thursday, March 4. The bill passed with bipartisan…
Congress Reaches Deal on FY17 Spending
Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress announced late in the evening Sunday, April 30 that they reached a deal on a final FY17 spending package to fund the federal government through September…