Republicans’ “big, beautiful” bill is done, but Congress still has plenty of important fiscal legislation and related items ...

The following is the July 1, 2025, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Proposed Defense Funding in the One Big ...

The resulting budget resolution, which is a concurrent resolution and therefore not signed by the President, includes what is known as a 302 (a) allocation that sets a total amount of money for the ...

For example, between the years of 1974–2011, ... When an appropriations bill includes funding for expenditures not currently authorized by law, ...

For example, waiving enforcement of Statutory Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) ... The appropriations bills should not become a vehicle for these provisions, ...

For example, aides are documenting differences between the House and Senate versions of the appropriations bills that will have to be addressed in negotiations.

Examples include an $11.1 billion cut to the State Department’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction ... A first step can be rejecting the many budget gimmicks included in FY 2024 appropriations bills, ...

In one example, the bill would, under an amendment introduced by Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., and passed Thursday evening via voice vote, block the Bureau of Land Management from enforcing its ...

Finally, after a year of negotiations, Bush got on board with a loan guarantees package and lawmakers inserted it into the final fiscal 1993 Foreign Operations bill. This lone example doesn’t ...