House Appropriations Committee

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Progress on spending bills might have been an illusion all along

Progress on 2025 appropriations bills stalled in the House when members failed to pass a legislative appropriations bill.

Congress

The federal workforce is growing, as House appropriators consider agency spending cuts

Workforce

First Look

More House appropriators target federal telework, office space

Congress

Proposed 2% federal pay raise gets support in 2025 defense authorization bill

Pay

Rep. Hoyer warns of ‘freezes, furloughs, layoffs’

Federal Newscast

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Policy riders to watch as House appropriators mark up 2025 spending bills

Budget

Democrats warn layoffs ahead as House GOP proposes agency spending cuts

Budget

House appropriators reject GSA’s $3.5B plan for new FBI headquarters

Facilities/Construction

House GOP propose defunding IRS Direct File, further budget cuts to enforcement

Congress

6-bill minibus rewards some agencies, while slashing budgets for others

Budget

Lawmakers’ weekend effort delivers six funding bills, as government shutdown fuse sizzles

Federal Newscast

After a summer break, Congress has a lot on its plate this fall

The House and Senate appropriations packages are far from the only priority for Congress this fall — and many of the other to-do items have direct impacts…

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Exclusive

Small tech companies ask Congress for changes to make acquisition easier to navigate

Three organizations representing tech and software companies banded together to make sure Congress hears their concerns about the acquisition process.

Acquisition

NTEU expresses concerns about telework, budgets and DEI issues

Federal Newscast

On today’s Federal Newscast: A union for feds sounds the alarm about telework, budgets and DEI issues. What does it mean that agencies improperly paid out more than $247 billion? And IRS looks to beta-test a free, online tax-filing platform.