Since the Great Depression, the United States has developed a set of supports to help low-income families, seniors, children, and people with disabilities make ends ... Read more
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the 2014 appropriations bill today for the Departments of Labor, Education, and Health and Human Services (HHS), one of 12 ... Read more
Our new report on the Senate Appropriations Committee’s spending plan, along with our recent report on the House Appropriations Committee ... Read more
The Senate Appropriations Committee agreed on June 20 (by a party-line vote) to fund defense and non-defense discretionary programs in 2014 at the levels set ... Read more
The Senate immigration reform bill establishes a long and difficult path to legal status that includes substantial fees and fines and tough restrictions on eligibility ... Read more
The House Appropriations Committee’s plan to apportion discretionary funding for fiscal year 2014 among its 12 appropriations subcommittees — which it approved on a May ... Read more
Congress’ vote to allow the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to shift funds away from other areas to pay air traffic controllers has revived questions about ... Read more
Responding to highly publicized flight delays from the “sequestration” budget cuts, the House and Senate have voted overwhelmingly to allow the Transportation Department to shift ... Read more
Overview The President’s 2014 budget is presented in two parts. One part includes the package of deficit- reduction policies that the President included in his ... Read more
