Topic
Appropriations
138 published works
Consumer Finance Monitor
Budget bill would cut CFPB funding
The huge FY26 budget reconciliation bill, H.R. 1, dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” contains provisions that would slash CFPB spending. “We put a firm cap on the Consumer…
Legal Theory Blog
Price, Pasachoff, & Lawrence on Appropriations Presidentialism
Zachary Price (UC Law, San Francisco), Eloise Pasachoff (Georgetown University Law Center), & Matthew B. Lawrence (Emory University School of Law) have posted Appropriations Presidentialism (Forthcoming: 114 Georgetown Law Journal…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Federal Judge Orders Trump to Release USAID/Nonprofit Funds By Midnight Tomorrow
A Federal District Court Judge has given the Trump administration until midnight tomorrow to get up off the money the Congress previously appropriated to USAID and other nonprofit organizations. It…
The Right Coast
The Flip-Side to CFPB v. CFSAA: What if the Director Requests $0 in appropriations?
Ross Vought, the acting director of the CFPB, announced that the agency will take no further money from the Federal Reserve. Instead, Vought will rely on the $700+ million budget…
Last Month at the Supreme Court
Decision Alert: Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of CFPB’s Funding Structure
By Chantel Febus, James Azadian, Christopher Sakauye, Monika Harris, Puja R. Valera, A. Joseph Duffy IV, Dykema
In Consumer Fin. Protection Bureau v. Cmty. Fin. Services Assn. of Am., the Court held that the funding mechanism for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in 12 U.S.C. § 5497 satisfies…
Triage Health Law
Beware the Ides of March: Four Questions and Answers to Guide Your Organization’s Preparation for the Upcoming Appropriations Process
Federal appropriations provide annual discretionary funding for our government to carry out its mission and, in turn, spur various healthcare organizations towards efficiencies and achievements. Whether you serve an entity…
Take Stock: Federal Policy Watch
Washington Healthcare Update | November 6, 2023
By Stephanie A. Kennan, Gina Sherick, Gabriel Wiedenhoever
This Week in Washington: Senate Finance Committee releases discussion draft for Nov. 8 markup; White House issues executive order on AI; House passes two appropriations bills; Senate passes minibus. Congress…
Take Stock: Federal Policy Watch
Washington Healthcare Update | October 30, 2023
By Stephanie A. Kennan, Gina Sherick, Gabriel Wiedenhoever
This Week in Washington: House elects new Speaker; Senate HELP Committee advances nomination of NIH Director nominee; House and Senate resume appropriations work. Congress House House Resumes Work on Appropriations…
Consumer Protection Insights
Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument on Constitutionality of CFPB’s Funding
By Timothy A. Butler, Matthew White, Tessa Cierny, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
On Oct. 3, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) v. Community Financial Services Association of America (CFSA) (Docket No. 22-448), a case…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Treasury and Congress Discuss 501(c)(4) Appropriations Rider Repeal
Here is the first page of correspondence between Treasury and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse regarding elimination of the appropriations rider blocking IRS efforts to better define the permissible political activities of…