Appropriations
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What You Need for the End of the Fiscal Year
Read moreUpdated 11/17/25: After 43 days, the latest government shutdown ended on November 12 with a funding measure that provides full-year Agriculture...
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Government Reopening Proposal Would be the Costliest in History
Read moreSome lawmakers have called for increasing federal health care spending by $1.5 trillion to permanently extend the expiring enhanced Affordable Care...
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Appropriations 101
Read moreNote: This paper has been updated here. What are appropriations? How does Congress determine the total level of appropriations? How does Congress...
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Government Shutdowns Q&A: Everything You Should Know
Read moreFiscal Year (FY) 2025 will end on September 30, and Congress has so far enacted zero of the 12 full-year appropriations bills to fund the government...
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Appropriations Watch: FY 2025
Read moreNote: For the latest fiscal year, click here . Updated 7/31/25: On July 24, President Trump signed a recissions package which rescinds $9 billion in...
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Congress Should Extend Caps on Discretionary Spending
Read moreThe discretionary spending caps put in place under the 2023 Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) are scheduled to expire on October 1. As lawmakers work to...
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The House’s $2 Trillion in Spending Cuts Should Be an Absolute Minimum
Read moreThe reconciliation instructions in the House’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget resolution – which allow up to $2.8 trillion of net borrowing through 2034...
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What's in the House's Full-Year Continuing Resolution?
Read moreUpdate (3/13/2025): This piece has been updated to include an estimate of the Changes in Mandatory Programs (CHIMPs) without outlay savings, which...
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Government Shutdowns Q&A: Everything You Should Know
Read moreDiscretionary funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 will expire on March 14, and Congress has so far enacted zero of the 12 full-year appropriations bills...
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Lawmakers Add $380 Billion to the Debt in the Final Hours of 2024
Read moreWith the passage of the Social Security Fairness Act and the American Relief Act, Congress and the President approved $1 trillion in new ten-year debt...
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Congress Should Avoid a Costly End-of-Year Package
Read moreWith debt nearing record levels, interest payments surging, and major trust funds approaching insolvency, Congress should avoid worsening our already...
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Bipartisan Fiscal Forum Leaders Letter Calls to Address Debt
Read moreBipartisan Fiscal Forum co-chairs Rep. Scott Peters (D-CA) and Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-MI) recently led a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA)...