Budget

Stay up to date on appropriations from Congress and budget policies from OMB and what they mean for your agency.


  • Must-do bills in a divided Congress could lead to shutdown

    An early December government shutdown is a real possibility, since a divided Congress can’t agree on military spending, Democrats insist on help for young immigrants and President Donald Trump’s position can change with each lawmaker he talks to.

  • Stephen Curry puzzled over mention in GOP tax talking points
    Stephen Curry puzzled over mention in GOP tax talking points

    The Golden State Warriors superstar learned he was the only person named alongside the tax plan unveiled Thursday by House Republicans and had a question.

  • Conservatives say no to immigration in spending bill
    Conservatives say no to immigration in spending bill

    House conservatives are warning Speaker Paul Ryan and Republican leaders not to add deportation protections for millions of young immigrants living here illegally to a year-end spending bill to keep the government open.

  • Democrats: Cutting cyber grants will worsen workforce shortage
    Democrats: Cutting cyber grants will worsen workforce shortage

    Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee took aim during a Tuesday hearing at cuts to federal grant and scholarship programs under the Administration’s and House of Representative’s proposed budgets, which they say would negatively impact the already insufficient cyber workforce in the U.S.

  • Commerce chief: Billions more dollars needed for 2020 Census
    Commerce chief: Billions more dollars needed for 2020 Census

    Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told a House panel that new cost estimates show the 2020 Census will cost $15.6 billion, about 27 percent more than earlier projections.

  • CBO: Federal budget deficit rises to $668B
    CBO: Federal budget deficit rises to $668B

    Republicans controlling Congress are working on companion nonbinding budget plans that promise sharp spending cuts and shrinking deficits, but they aren’t likely to actually try to carry out the cuts.

  • House passes $4.1T budget plan
    House passes $4.1T budget plan

    The House has passed a $4.1 trillion budget plan that promises deep cuts to social programs and Cabinet agency budgets.

  • VA Secretary Shulkin expects Choice funds will last until the end of 2017
    VA Secretary Shulkin expects Choice funds will last until the end of 2017

    The VA Secretary dismisses reports the funds will be used up well ahead of schedule, but confirms they won’t last much into the new year.

  • VA running out of money for private health care program
    VA running out of money for private health care program

    Weeks after a veterans’ health initiative received $2.1 billion in emergency funding, the Trump administration says the private-sector Veterans Choice health care program may need additional money as early as December to avoid a disruption of care for hundreds of thousands of veterans.

  • Putting together last-minute budget request? If so, think risk [Commentary]
    Putting together last-minute budget request? If so, think risk [Commentary]

    If you are a cybersecurity leader at a federal agency, there’s a good chance you are putting together your last-minute budget requests for this fiscal year. The deadline for requests is at the end of this month, and this year’s budget “wish lists” may, or should, have a different focus.