House Budget Resolution Debate Continues
Congress returns from its Presidents’ Day recess on February 23. The House of Representatives will continue its debate about whether or not there will be an FY17 budget resolution and what it will…
Deadline Extended to Feb. 29 to Sign Letter Supporting THUD Funding
Advocates for transportation, housing, community development, and ending homelessness are working together to urge Congress to provide the highest possible funding for the Transportation, Housing and…
President Sends FY17 Request to Congress
President Barack Obama delivered his FY17 budget request to Congress on February 9. The request is the first formal action toward completing FY17 appropriations bills before the October 1 start of…
House Conservatives Call Spending Caps Too High
Despite promises and pleas for “regular order” in the annual budget process by Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI), House Republicans’ most conservative wing, the House Freedom Caucus, is…
TAKE ACTION: Sign Letter to Support Housing Funding!
Help Ensure THUD Appropriations Subcommittees Have Highest Possible Funding for Housing Programs in FY17! Groups concerned about transportation, housing, community development, and homelessness are…
FY17 Request Goes Bold to End Family Homelessness
President Barack Obama’s FY17 budget request seeks a long-overdue, significant investment in federal efforts to end homelessness for all families by 2020. For FY17, HUD is asking Congress to provide…
CORRECTION: Webcast of HUD’s FY17 Budget Request
CORRECTION: The webcast of HUD’s FY17 budget request will be tomorrow, Wednesday, February 10 (not today as we reported in this week’s Memo to Members). To join the 1 – 2pm ET webcast, go to http://…
President to Submit FY17 Budget Request on February 9, Events to Follow
CORRECTION: The webcast of HUD’s FY17 budget request will be tomorrow, Wednesday, February 10 (not today as we reported in this week’s Memo to Members). To join the 1 – 2pm ET webcast, go to http://…
Budget Committees Snub White House, House Budget Committee Holds Hearing
In a sharp deviation from tradition, Senate Budget Committee Chair Michael Enzi (R-WY) and House Budget Committee Chair Tom (R-GA) Price issued a joint statement on February 4 announcing they will…
House Ways and Means to Hold Hearing on FY17 Budget Proposal for Treasury
The House Committee on Ways and Means will hold a hearing on President Barack Obama’s budget proposals for the Department of Treasury for FY17 on February 11. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew will be the…
House Financial Services Marks Up on FY17 Budget Views and Estimates
On February 2 and 3, the House Committee on Financial Services marked up its Views and Estimates on the FY17 budget, which is submitted to the House Budget Committee for consideration in preparing…