Defense and Healthcare Bills Take Center Stage As Congress begins its second-to-last session week of 2025, both chambers will be focused on defense and health care policy. This week, the House plans to take up the FY’26 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), along with a package that would ease securities […]
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Congress Closes Out 2025 Congress returns to Washington this week for the final working month of the year with no shortage of legislative must-dos before January. This week, the House will take up legislation dealing with transparency in foreign funding and small business policy. It will also take up bills […]
The federal government has reopened following a 43-day government shutdown – the longest in U.S. history. The deal to reopen Washington extends funding for most of the federal government through January 30 while fully funding Congress, the Departments of Agriculture and Veterans Affairs, the FDA, and military construction projects through […]
The federal government is set to shut down at midnight tomorrow unless lawmakers reach a last-minute funding deal to delay the deadline and buy more time to negotiate a full agreement. Last week, House Republicans passed a short-term funding bill that failed in the Senate, but the House delayed its […]
Washington Works to Avert Shutdown Congress returns to Washington for its last full working week of the month with 15 days left before a potential government shutdown and no funding deal in sight. Lawmakers will break next week in observance of Rosh Hashanah, but in the meantime, the House will […]
