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House Proposes Nearly 50% Cut to AmeriCorps for FY26
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...
Read More »Lapse in Funding Leads to Federal Government Shutdown
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...
Read More »Senate Appropriations Committee Recommends $1.25 Billion for AmeriCorps in FY26
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...
Read More »White House Releases FY26 Budget Request Outline
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,...
Read More »Congress Concludes FY25 Appropriations with Full-Year CR
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....
Read More »Congress Passes Second Stopgap Spending Measure
In the early morning of December 21st, Congress passed a second continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government at current levels through March 14th. President Biden signed the stopgap bill shortly after receiving it from the Senate. The CR included...
Read More »Congress Enacts CR, Maintains FY24 Funding Levels Through Mid-December
Congress passed a stopgap funding bill on September 25th, avoiding a government shutdown and delaying FY25 spending discussions until after the election. The continuing resolution or CR maintains spending at FY24 enacted levels through December 20th. When members of Congress...
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