Legislative Activity House Passes DHS Spending Bill, Ending Weeks-Long Impasse and Avoiding Shut-Down On Tuesday, the House passed the Senate’s “clean” version of the FY 2015 spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), ending weeks of debate and preventing a repeat of last week’s 11th hour agreement avoiding shut-down of the agency. The $40 … Continue Reading
Legislative Activity Congress Narrowly Averts DHS Shut-Down, Passes Stop-Gap Measure Late Friday night, Congress passed a stopgap measure extending funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) one week, clearing the bill for the President’s signature less than two hours before the previous Continuing Resolution (CR) was set to expire. The 11th hour agreement came … Continue Reading
Legislative Activity President Submits Proposed FY 2016 Budget to Congress On Monday, February 2, the President submitted his proposed FY 2016 budget to Congress, kick-starting the annual budget and appropriations process. His $4.066 trillion proposal called for tens of billions of dollars in new spending, arguing that the Federal deficit has been cut and the … Continue Reading
