Appropriations

Note: For the latest fiscal year, click here . Updated 6/11/26: On April 30, the House passed a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill...

The appropriations process for Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 has begun, with action expected in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. The...

President Trump has requested $1.5 trillion of defense spending in his Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget request, including $1.15 trillion of base funding...

The Senate adopted its Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 budget resolution last night, kicking off the reconciliation process. Unfortunately, the budget is about...

President Trump is expected to release his Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget later this week, which may include a proposal to increase the defense budget...

Funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will expire at midnight tonight. Absent a last-minute agreement to fund DHS today, it will...

Government funding will expire on January 30, 2026, at which point agencies funded under six of the 12 appropriations bills currently operating under...

Without further appropriations, the federal government faces a partial government shutdown on January 30 as the continuing resolution (CR) funding...

Note: An update to this blog to incorporate an additional year of the budget window as well as higher interest rates can be found here. In a post on...