Republican members of the House Budget Committee continued to discuss ways to move forward its FY17 budget resolution but did not appear closer to gaining enough support to pass one on the House…
The Senate Committee on Appropriations passed its FY17 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) funding bill on April 21 by unanimous consent, 30 to 0. The…
The House Committee on Appropriations approved by a voice vote its FY17 spending bill for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on April 19. As we reported last week (see Memo 4/18), the bill…
NLIHC joined 268 national organizations in sending a letter to Congress opposing a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The letter states, “A balanced budget constitutional…
House Democrats urged their colleagues to advance FY17 spending bills without policy riders that threaten to derail the appropriations process. More than 172 representatives sent a letter to House…
The Senate Committee on Appropriations passed its FY17 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) funding bill on April 21 by a vote of 30 to 0. The bill can now go to…
Despite not having a budget resolution setting a topline spending amount for FY17, the Senate Appropriations Committee has moved ahead and released funding allocations for each of the 12…
The House is at a stalemate in advancing its proposed budget resolution that was approved by the Budget Committee last month on a party line vote. The budget resolution faces opposition on both sides…
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration approved its FY17 spending bill on April 13. The bill would increase funding for the U.S.…
The House and Senate Appropriations Committees will release and vote on FY17 subcommittee spending amounts, formally known as 302(b) allocations, on April 13 and 14, respectively. Subcommittees began…
At the end of a nine-hour mark-up on March 16, the House Budget Committee passed an FY17 budget resolution by a vote of 20-16. All 14 Democrats and two Republican members of the ultra-conservative…
On March 18, House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Maxine Water (D-CA) sent four separate letters to House appropriators urging them to provide increased funding in FY17 for federal…
