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July 1, the beginning of the third quarter, fell on a Saturday, followed by the July 4 holiday on Tuesday.
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Automatic spending cuts would threaten infrastructure funding
The Massie provision seeks to light a fire under lawmakers by putting a Jan. 1 deadline on the process.
Spectrum authority lapse impinges on broadband, 5G plans
Some of the pressure on that need may be relieved by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which allocates $1 billion for middle mile grants.
House, Senate majorities putting their stamps on earmarks
While spending in those two bills would grow by close to 1 percent combined from what the Senate panel released initially last year, the new Senate Appropriations leadership this year would cut earmarked
Alaska to receive most per-capita aid in broadband funding rollout
The Biden administration’s long-awaited allocation of high-speed internet funding will give 19 states at least $1 billion each in federal aid from a 2021 infrastructure law, with Alaska, West Virginia,
Pragmatic problem solvers can find fertile ground in today’s post-pandemic Congress
She now leads her own consulting firm, Article 1 Advisors, LLC.
Biden’s pick to lead the CDC faces tough summer on Capitol Hill
Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, predicted the deal will mean flat funding or a roughly 1 percent cut across the board in fiscal 2024 for the CDC.
Bipartisan debt limit package unveiled as clock ticks toward ‘x date’
That’s just $1 billion lower than the comparable figure this current fiscal year, officials said.
Bipartisan deal reached to raise debt limit, cap appropriations
As described by sources familiar with the accord, the nation’s borrowing cap would be suspended until Jan. 1, 2025, avoiding another market-rattling fight during an election year.
Supreme Court ruling will force changes to ‘waters of US’ rule
However, the justices were divided 5-4 when determining a new test to replace ones put forward in 2006 by Justices Anthony Kennedy and Antonin Scalia in the 4-1-4 ruling on Rapanos v. United States.
Debt limit talks back on, this time with change of venue
Their bill, which passed the House last month, would then cap spending growth at 1 percent for several following years.
Wide gulf between debt limit negotiators as time grows short
The precarious nature of negotiations has lawmakers on both sides of the aisle worried about their ability to lift the debt limit before June 1, when the Treasury Department expects it may run out of cash
McCarthy: No deal yet, but debt limit meeting ‘productive’
He also said they still want to limit out-year growth to 1 percent annually, as they did with a decade of spending caps in the House-passed bill.
Earmarks increase in popularity, slightly, among GOP senators
However, the odds of disappointment are much greater for senators: appropriations leaders in both chambers have agreed to cap total earmarked dollars at 1 percent of overall discretionary spending.
Debt limit talks pared down to proxies for Biden, McCarthy
Yellen reiterated this week that the government could hit the "x date" when it no longer has enough funds to pay all its bills on time as soon as June 1.
CBO sees ‘significant risk’ of debt limit breach before June 15
The report from the nonpartisan scorekeepers will likely keep the pressure on lawmakers to strike a deal to raise or suspend the debt limit before June 1, when Treasury Secretary Janet L.
White House meeting delayed amid staff talks on budget, debt
"If these were staff meetings happening on Feb. 1, I’d call them productive," he said.
No debt deal, but Biden, Hill leaders agree to meet again
Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy didn’t appear to get any closer to agreement on how to raise the debt ceiling after a roughly hourlong meeting Tuesday afternoon, which was their first since Feb. 1.
Business groups weigh in on debt limit impasse ahead of meeting
Yellen that the debt ceiling must be raised or suspended as early as June 1 to avoid missed payments that could spark economic calamity. In recent days, influential groups like the U.S.
Watchdog points to low budget requests for prison upkeep issues
And the report from the Justice Department’s inspector general pointed to $1 billion Congress has set aside for new prison construction that has gone unspent — including a Kentucky project the government