OMB Director Donovan Urges Evidence-Based Policymaking
The Bipartisan Policy Center hosted a panel discussion on August 8 titled “Follow the Evidence: The Promise and Potential for a Different Approach to Policymaking.” The event, featuring Office of…
Congress Debates Stopgap Funding to Avoid Government Shutdown
Congress remains at an impasse over how to fund the federal government for the new fiscal year that begins on October 1, creating the possibility of a government shutdown. Congress has failed to…
House Budget Committee Releases Report on Alternative Approaches to Federal Budgeting
The House Budget Committee released a working paper on possible ways to reform the federal budget process. The paper follows a hearing the Committee held earlier this summer that examined alternative…
Housing and Community Development Advocates Warn Congress about Impacts of a Long-Term Continuing Resolution
The Campaign for Housing and Community Development (CHCDF) delivered a statement to Members of Congress explaining why a long-term stopgap funding measure, known as a continuing resolution (CR), puts…
Housing and Community Development Advocates Respond to GOP Anti-Poverty Plan
The Campaign for Housing and Community Development Funding (CHCDF) sent a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) on July 14 to respond to the GOP’s recently released plan to address poverty in…
Senate Committee Proposes Reforms to Budget Process
Senate Budget Committee Chair Mike Enzi (R-WY) announced bipartisan proposals to reform the federal budget process, which perennially runs into congressional gridlock each year. “America’s budget…
House Committee Holds Hearing on Alternative Approaches to Federal Budgeting
The House Budget Committee held a hearing on July 6 to discuss possible ways to reform the federal budget process. Committee Chair Tom Price (R-GA) opened the hearing by describing the dysfunction he…
Congress Likely to Pass Stopgap Funding Measure
Given Congress’s inability to move all twelve federal spending bills, House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) stated that Congress will have to pass a stopgap spending measure, known as a continuing…
Amendments to CJS Spending Bill Would Undermine Fair Housing and Census Bureau Funding
During Senate consideration of the FY17 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) appropriations bill, several senators filed amendments that would undermine the Fair Housing Act and…
Status of THUD Appropriations Uncertain; Defense Spending Amendment Defeated
The Senate has agreed to negotiate with the House on the spending package that includes, among other things, the Senate’s Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD)…
House Appropriations Committee Passes FY17 THUD Spending Bill
The House Committee on Appropriations approved its FY17 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) spending bill by a voice vote on May 24. As we reported last week,…