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Flurry of House activity on 2025 federal spending, but not much bipartisanship

June 24, 2024 2025, flurry, activity, House, spending, federal, bipartisanship, much0 comment

In the House, it’s one down and 11 to go for the appropriations bills that make up the federal budget for 2025. And lawmakers are set to make a lot of progress over the next several weeks, with an aggressive schedule of votes coming up. Loren Duggan is Deputy News Director at Bloomberg Government spoke with Federal News Network’s Jared Serbu on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Interview Transcript: Loren Duggan This is the latest week that’s very spending focused in the House. As you mentioned, three of the…

Looking ahead to the no-surprise, likely-late 2025 federal spending bills

May 27, 2024 looking, 2025, nosurprise, likelylate, spending, ahead, federal, bills0 comment

It is budget season on Capitol Hill and agency leaders are busy defending their 2025 spending plans in front of the appropriations committees. And it’s possible the House could finish its appropriations bills this summer. But it’s still very unlikely we’ll have a full budget passed before the end of the fiscal year. For more on where things stand, Federal News Network’s Deputy Editor Jared Serbu spoke with longtime budget watcher Larry Allen on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin . He’s president of Allen Federal Business Partners. Interview Transcript: Larry…

Passing 2025 defense spending bill will be ‘particularly difficult’

April 9, 2024 spending, Bill, 'difficult, passing, 2025, Particularly, Defense0 comment

While passing the 2024 defense budget was arduous as lawmakers struggled to agree on government funding plans for nearly six months into the fiscal year, negotiating the 2025 defense spending is shaping up to be “particularly difficult.” The Pentagon proposed a fiscal 2025 budget of $ 849.8 billion, about 1% higher than this year’s budget request. The top line figure aligns with the Fiscal Responsibility Act passed last year, which sets limits on defense and non-defense discretionary spending. Defense officials said the 1% increase would not be enough to cover…

Biden questions need to cut spending, citing deficit reduction over first term

May 9, 2023 Over, deficit, Biden, need, spending, questions, term, Citing, Reduction, first0 comment

President Biden on Tuesday questioned House Republicans’ push to cut spending in exchange for raising the debt limit, asserting that his administration had already lowered the deficit and saved taxpayer dollars. The Washington Times stories: White House

Federal IT spending in 2024 request up by 13% in part thanks to cyber, CX plans

March 14, 2023 spending, federal, part, request, plans, Cyber, Thanks, 20240 comment

The White House plans to ask Congress for $ 74 billion in federal technology spending for civilian agencies in fiscal 2024. What is significant about that number isn’t the fact it’s a 13% increase over the 2023 request, rather it’s the specific detail the Office of Management and Budget lays out for what that increase will go toward. The most obvious breakdown is in cybersecurity spending. The Biden administration wants to increase spending to secure federal networks, applications and data to $ 12.7 billion, a 13% increase over the prior…

Biden signs Congress’ $1.7 trillion spending bill into law

December 24, 2022 Congress, Biden, spending, into, Bill, Signs, Trillion, $1.70 comment

President Biden on Friday signed into law Congress’ $ 1.7 trillion spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies through September, praising the measure as a shining example of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill. The Washington Times stories: White House