What's in the $2 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Package?
The Senate is expected to vote tonight on the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act – the third and most expansive package...
Appropriations
Don’t Play Politics with the Coronavirus Response
For Immediate Release
Policymakers are currently drafting legislation to mitigate the economic damage caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic...
Lawmakers Release Emergency Funding Request on Coronavirus
Appropriators released today their $8.3 billion emergency funding bill to deal with the Coronavirus outbreak, $5.8 billion more than the $2...
Appropriations Watch: FY 2020
Updated 12/24/2019: Congress did not complete action on appropriations before the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. Congress enacted a continuing...
Budget Deal Shows Bipartisan Failure of Leadership
For Immediate Release
Later today, President Trump is expected to sign into law a $1.4 trillion spending package, appropriated through two...
Spending Package Could Add $500 Billion to Debt
Update 12/17/19: CBO and JCT have now estimated the year-end spending package after a late-night addition by the House Rules Committee. The bill now...
Q&A: Everything You Should Know About Government Shutdowns
The fiscal year began on Oct. 1, 2019, and Congress has enacted none of 12 appropriations bills setting discretionary spending levels. Lawmakers have...
The Prevent Government Shutdowns Act Will Not Cost $12.6 Trillion
The Prevent Government Shutdowns Act (PGSA) would establish an automatic continuing resolution (auto-CR) to prevent shutdowns and would put into...
Will Thanksgiving Appropriations Be Stuffed with Debt?
Having just enacted a continuing resolution last week to extend current government funding through November 21, policymakers must now work toward the...
A Plan to Raise the Caps Without Breaking the Bank
Due to the large temporary increase in discretionary spending levels for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019 in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, spending is...