Budget

​Rep. Chris Van Hollen and NIH director Francis Collins are calling on Congress to avert the ‘harmful’ shutdown.

The buzz on Capitol Hill this month can be summed up in one word: shutdown.

Rumblings of a possible government shutdown are coming from Capitol Hill. Here’s what you need to know if it happens.

Agencies should focus on administration priorities and data-driven management.

The budget resolution simultaneously boosts Defense Department spending by billions of dollars.

Civilian agencies would see their budgets slashed while DoD would get billions of dollars in additional funding.

The VA funding bill under would underfund the agency by more than $500 million, according to the White House.

Congress will vote on the unified budget proposal within days of returning from recess.

The legislation also decreases the rate of return on the Thrift Savings Plan’s G Fund.

Obama’s resolve signals a coming fight with congressional Republicans.