Democrats have to decide today whether voting in favor of advancing a full-year appropriations bill will weaken their ...

The House of Representatives on Monday voted 287-12-2 to pass the P6.793-trillion national budget bill on third and final ...

A LAWMAKER has questioned the government’s proposed P250 billion in unprogrammed appropriations (UA) for the 2026 General Appropriations bill, warning that the lump-sum nature of these funds makes ...

The vote was 49-45. Two Democrats joined Republicans to advance the bill, and Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky voted ...

The specter of the continued use of unprogrammed appropriations (UA) and other “pork” projects still hung over the House version of the P6.7-trillion budget ...

The House on Friday narrowly passed a seven-week extension of federal spending ahead of a Sept. 30 deadline to avert a ...

"This is a critical piece of legislation for our community of government contractors who see themselves as partners to the government," said Stephanie Kostro.

“I can’t” never does. That’s what coaches regularly tell players. Unfortunately, when it comes to passing appropriations bills that prevent government shutdowns, “I can’t” is Washington’s mantra. Just ...

Senate again rejects competing funding bills from Democrats and Republicans as the shutdown is set to hit the one-week mark.

If Congress does not pass a stopgap funding bill before the start of the new fiscal year, on October 1 (next Wednesday), certain government agencies and/or some of their programs will be forced to ...