Legislative Updates

UPDATE: The bipartisan FY26 Labor-HHS-Education spending bill passed and was signed into law on Tuesday, February 3rd after a four-day partial government shutdown. On January 20th, congressional leaders unveiled their final bipartisan “minibus” ahead of the January 30th government shutdown deadline. The...

On Wednesday night, President Trump signed a government funding package, ending the shutdown after nearly 43 days. The bill, which punts the next funding deadline into late January, does the following:   Extends government funding for most federal agencies through January 30, 2026;   Passes...

At 12:01 AM on October 1st, the federal government officially entered a shutdown amid an impasse on Capitol Hill over competing fiscal year 2026 congressional spending bills. Both Republican and Democratic proposals that would have funded the government past September...

On September 9th, the House Appropriations Committee passed their version of the FY26 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies spending bill in a party-line vote. The Labor-HHS Subcommittee had met to mark up the bill a week...

On July 31, the Senate Appropriations Committee marked up and approved their FY26 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies funding bill in a bipartisan 26-3 vote. The spending package includes $1.25 billion for the AmeriCorps agency. This...

On May 2nd, the White House Office of Management and Budget released its so-called “skinny budget” for FY26, which outlines President Trump’s topline priorities for spending and budget cuts.  This document outlines unprecedented federal funding cuts in fiscal year 2026,...

On Friday, March 14th, the Senate passed a seven-month continuing resolution (CR) to avoid a government shutdown and conclude the FY25 appropriations season. The House passed the bill on Tuesday, March 11th, and President Trump signed it on March 15th....