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↵↵The testimony comes just over a month into the 2026 tax filing season, which has been marked by the Trump administration's efforts to shrink the IRS workforce despite all the new tax code changes from
↵↵Federal unions said in a court filing late last month that many federal agencies were forced to hold off on their full layoff plans throughout 2025 and into early 2026 because of litigation and that
↵↵Congress appropriated $365 million to the CFTC for fiscal 2026. But Senate Agriculture Chairman John Boozman, R-Ark., wants to increase the agency's budget beyond that level.
↵↵Dunmoyer said Texas lawmakers are balancing the needs of state residents with the "political realities" on AI, all while the state's legislature is out of session in 2026.
Congressional earmarks returned with a vengeance in fiscal 2026, with familiar faces topping the rankings in each chamber.
The ongoing fight over fiscal 2026 funding for immigration enforcement is threatening millions of dollars in home-state earmarks for disaster preparedness projects.Â
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Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkin is the latest Democrat to join the crowded all-party primary for the open governor's race.
But passage of the five-bill package, while four months late, nonetheless ensures that all other federal agencies will have full funding through September.
↵↵Congress stripped out that Homeland Security portion from a fiscal 2026 spending package and agreed to a short-term extension of current funding levels to negotiate.
Schumer were scrambling Thursday morning to ink a deal that would punt final decisions on fiscal 2026 Homeland Security funding but let five other spending bills get to President Donald Trump's desk next
promptly rejected a Senate Democratic proposal for restraints on federal immigration agents Wednesday, saying those talks should occur on a separate track from negotiations on a $1.3 trillion fiscal 2026
— or possibly at all.
And in recent months there have been other stresses on staff, including orders from the administration to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from Park Service informational materials
↵↵By requiring the Fish and Wildlife Service to reissue the rule from the first Trump administration, Boebert said her bill would allow all states to set their own management policies.
For years, funding has been consistent at around $550 million per year, though both chambers in their fiscal 2026 bills have proposed cuts. Â
↵↵"People ask me all the time, 'What are you hoping for in 2026 that will be the legacy of this celebration?'
provision authored by Washington Democrat Marilyn Strickland that would ensure U.S. military bases not be named after Confederate officers was stripped out of the final compromise version of the fiscal 2026
↵↵The 2017 tax overhaul package included a provision requiring companies to start spreading their research expense deductions over five years, rather than claiming them all up front.