On April 16th, 2025, the press reported that the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is planning to propose massive cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) budget in the President’s FY 2026 Budget Request, according to a leaked draft. The document, called a “passback,” has not been finalized and
Two weeks ago, Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Kennedy announced that HHS was being restructured, laying out a vague framework with little detail available. On Tuesday, April 1, 2025, the plan came into somewhat clearer focus as HHS began its reduction in force (RIF) procedure and started laying off nearly 10,000 HHS staff.
The House of Representatives passed their Continuing Resolution (CR) to the fund the government through September 30th on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in a mostly party-line 217-213 vote. Representative Golden (D-ME) was the only House Democrat to vote for the bill and Representative Massie (R-KY) was the only House Republican to vote against it. Later
The 119th Congress officially began on January 3, 2025, when Vice President Harris certified the election results and the new members of Congress were sworn in. There are several major funding negotiations to come over the next six months, from Appropriations to reconciliation to the debt ceiling, and the Majority party has laid out a
The House is continuing to move forward with its appropriations process, writing and moving bills for the FY 2025 budget. The House and Senate Appropriations Committees will need to agree to and pass twelve funding bills, either separately or in a package together, on or before September 30th, or pass a continuing resolution (CR) to
This week is Congress’s last week in session before the beginning of the Memorial Day recess next week. Both chambers are working hard to make this a productive time – there are multiple hearings happening in both the House and Senate and several bills to be introduced this week. On May 16, 2024, the new
On April 11th, 2024, the House Committee on Ways and Means held a hearing entitled “Expanding on the Success of the 2017 Tax Relief to Help Hardworking Americans,” with the intent to discuss the impacts of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), enacted by former President Donald Trump, and consider upcoming 2025 tax policy.
On Saturday, March 23, 2024, President Biden signed the final six appropriations bills into law, bringing the drawn-out FY 2024 appropriations process to a close at last. Although government funding ran out at midnight on Friday March 22, because it was a weekend and the bill was signed quickly, the impact of the brief government
This year the President’s budget was released on Monday, March 11, 2024. The fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget begins on October 1, 2024. This is the fourth budget for the Biden Administration. Due to the unusual FY 2024 budget situation, it was delayed by one month from the statutory first Monday in February outlined under
The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act, the tax bill that includes a small but significant expansion to the child tax credit, continues to be stalled in the Senate after passing the House in a 357-72 vote, a major win in a Congress that has not been marked by bipartisan agreement and has
