Congressional negotiators largely back the Pentagon's acquisition overhaul, but are weary of DoD's push for additional budget flexibility.

I see a lot of signs out there — not one additional dime for ICE in this budget,” CT U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy said.

The final four appropriations bills are for the Departments of Defense, Education, Health and Human Services, Homeland ...

Lawmakers’ work is far from over, however. Congress has until Jan. 30 to pass the remaining six appropriations bills or else ...

In November 2025, following the longest government shutdown in modern history, Congress enacted three of the 12 ...

Congress is cruising this month on efforts to fund the federal government and prevent a Jan. 30 shutdown, but the toughest ...

(The Center Square) – With U.S. House members out for their August recess, senators are scrambling to advance at least some of the 12 annual appropriations bills to fund federal agencies in fiscal ...

After the White House called for billions of dollars in funding reductions, senators and representatives are rescinding the ...

The House on Thursday passed three appropriations bills with broad bipartisan support, moving lawmakers closer to avoiding an ...

My latest monthly piece for the Washington Examiner magazine looks at the recent rescission law. In short, it’s disruptive to enact partisan trims to the current year’s spending while the two parties ...

Just a couple months after the longest-ever government shutdown, another is looming at the end of the month if Congress doesn ...

A bipartisan bill would withhold pay from members of Congress if they fail to pass a budget on time. Congress has not passed all required spending bills on time since 1996. Due to the 27th Amendment, ...