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Appropriations
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Global Policy Watch
This Week in Congress – March 30, 2015
The House and Senate adjourned on Friday for a two-week recess. Both chambers are set to return on Monday, April 13. There was a steady flurry of activity prior to…
Consumer Finance Monitor
Budget amendment introduced to change CFPB appropriations
Another Republican CFPB effort to subject the CFPB to the congressional appropriations policy took the form of an amendment to the Senate’s 2015 Budget Resolution introduced last week by Senator…
Capital Thinking
President Submits Proposed FY 2016 Budget to Congress; Republicans Continue Search for new Congressional Budget Office Chief
Legislative Activity President Submits Proposed FY 2016 Budget to Congress On Monday, February 2, the President submitted his proposed FY 2016 budget to Congress, kick-starting the annual budget and appropriations…
Employment Law Worldview
President Obama Pushes Increased Funding and High Hopes for the DOL, EEOC, and NLRB in the FY 2016 Proposed Budget
On February 2, 2015, President Obama released his proposal for the FY 2016 budget. In it he requests across the board funding increases for the Department of Labor (10.9% increase from FY 2015),…
Capital Thinking
Budget Season Approaches; Appropriations Committee Chairman Cochran Previews Appropriations Process; Appropriations Cardinals Selected
Legislative Activity Budget Season Approaches The White House is expected to release the President’s FY 2016 budget on Monday, February 2, a plan that would meet the mandated deadline for…
Capital Thinking
114th Congress Prepares for Busy Appropriations and Budget Season; Republicans Announce Shift to “Dynamic Scoring”; Expected Budget and Appropriations Committee Leadership
Legislative Activity 114th Congress Prepares for Busy Appropriations and Budget Season Legislators are gearing up for a busy agenda at the start of the 114th Congress, including several key appropriations…
Capital Thinking
Appropriators Continue to Work on FY 2015 Omnibus, Senate and House Take Up Various Measures
Budget & Appropriations Appropriators continue to work on a FY 2015 omnibus appropriations measure, despite a conservative push to use the legislation to block any immigration-related executive action by President…
Global Policy Watch
Appropriations Legislation May Pass
Since last summer the Appropriators and the Leaderships on both sides of the Rotunda have said that any final decision on passing appropriations measures for FY 2015 will depend on…
Capital Thinking
House Debates FY 2015 Defense Appropriations
Defense Appropriations Last Thursday, the House debated its FY 2015 defense spending bill, offering a number of amendments that ranged from the unexpired Authorization to Use Military Force (AUMF) in Iraq…
Capital Thinking
Senate to Mark Up FY 2015 DHS Appropriations; Congress Continues Focus on Unaccompanied Minor Immigrants
Legislative Activity Senate to Mark Up FY 2015 DHS Appropriations The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security has announced that it will mark up the FY 2015 Homeland Security Appropriations…