Current Issues
Federal Budget Deficit/Debt
Debt Limit Increase & Budget Agreement
Both the House and the Senate approved the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (H.R.3746), legislation that will, among other things, increase the Federal debt limit ...
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President's Budget Request
FY 2024 Budget Request
President Biden's full annual budget request to Congress for the upcoming fiscal year (FY 2024) is not expected to be released until March, but no ...
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Government Funding Status
Final Full-Year FY 2023 Funding
FY 2023 omnibus appropriations legislation, covering $1.7 trillion worth of Federal spending, passed the Congress and was signed into law by President ...
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Federal Government Management
Major VA Electronic Records System On Hold
The Veterans Administration (VA) decided (April 6) to further delay additional deployments of its electronic record-keeping system. System deployment ...
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Support for Public Transit
Pandemic Response and Recovery
U.S public transit systems continue to struggle to regain ridership since the beginning of the Pandemic. As reported (November 2, 2021) by Fortune, it could take large public transit systems 10 years or more to recover ridership ...
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Improving US Infrastructure
Infrastructure Act – Recent Major Funding Actions
Recent major funding actions related to the 2021 Infrastructure Act include ...
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Foreign Aid
US Disaster Relief for Turkey & Syria
The US announced (February 20) that it will provide another $100 million worth of humanitarian disaster relief assistance to Turkey and Syria, following initial assistance ...
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Research & Analysis
An Unparalleled Investment in U.S. Public Education: Analysis of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
The Learning Foundation
This blogpost provides a good breakdown of elementary and secondary funding, as well as the permissible uses, contained within the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act.
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Repurposing Agricultural Support to Transform Food Systems
United Nations
This report of the United Nations report estimates that 87% of agricultural support from countries is either price distorting or harmful to nature and health. The report calls for phasing out price incentives and fiscal subsidies for specific commodities in favor of agriculture R&D and infrastructure investments.
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Key Federal Programs
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
This Year (FY 22)
Budget Proposal (FY 23)
Enacted (FY 23)
% Change
$116,000,000
$128,000,000
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Supplementals (FY 21-22)
$0
Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
This Year (FY 22)
Budget Proposal (FY 23)
Enacted (FY 23)
% Change
$60,953,000
$64,600,000
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Supplementals (FY 21-22)
$0
