House Republicans Opt for Stopgap Spending Bill through March
House Republicans have agreed on a plan to fund the federal government through March to avoid negotiating with President Obama over a final spending package for FY17. The stopgap spending measure,…
Take Action! Affordable Housing Funding is at Risk
Affordable housing funding at risk: Raise your voice this Thursday and tell Congress to pass a clean budget as soon as possible! Join us for a Twitter storm this Thursday, November 17 from 2…
Join Twitter Storm Urging Congress to Pass FY17 Spending Bills without Harmful Policy Riders
Join NLIHC and the Clean Budget Coalition for a Twitter storm on November 17 at 2:00 pm ET to tell Congress to pass clean FY17 spending bills and to reject harmful policy riders that threaten to…
Raise your voice! Urge Congress to reject harmful policy riders that threaten to derail final federal spending deal
Join us for a Twitter storm on Thursday, November 17 at 2 pm EST to tell Congress to pass a #cleanbudget. NLIHC has joined the Clean Budget Coalition—a group of more than 200 organizations—to urge…
Harmful Policy Riders Threaten to Derail Federal Spending Deal
NLIHC has joined the Clean Budget Coalition—a group of more than 100 organizations—to urge Congress and the White House to reject harmful poison-pill policy riders that could prevent lawmakers from…
TAKE ACTION! Urge Congress and President to Reject Harmful Policy Riders in Spending Bills
Harmful Policy Riders Threaten to Derail Final Federal Spending Deal Take Action TODAY: Sign onto coalition letter urging our government to pass full-year spending bills without harmful policy…
Advocates Urge Congress to Pass Highest Possible FY17 Funding for HUD
The Campaign for Housing and Community Development (CHCDF) Steering Committee sent a letter to leaders of both the House and Senate Appropriations Committees urging them to provide the highest…
Government Shutdown Averted, Congress Passes Stopgap Measure to Keep Government Open through December 9
With only two days to spare before the deadline, Congress avoided a government shutdown by passing a short-term continuing resolution (CR), set at Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 spending levels, on September…
UPDATE: Government Shutdown Averted
Congress passes stopgap measure to keep government open through December 9 With only two days to spare before the deadline, Congress avoided a government shutdown by passing a short-term…
On Brink of Government Shutdown, Senate Republicans Release CR Text, Include Emergency Funding for Louisiana Flood Recovery
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was again forced to push back a procedural vote on a stopgap funding measure last week, after Senators remain unable to reach an agreement on how to fund…
Senate Expected to Take Up CR This Week
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was forced to push back a procedural vote on a stopgap funding measure, after senators were unable to come to agreement on politically sensitive issues,…