Melanie is a Visiting Fellow in the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Life, Religion, and Family at The Heritage Foundation. The Biden Administration has waged a campaign of massive resistance to the ...

A handful of farm policy lobbyists say the debate to fund the Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration could offer them insight into how the politics of Capitol Hill might shape the ...

"Everyone from the traveling public to freight haulers will benefit from improved reliability and systems," said House Appropriations Committee Chair Tom Cole, R-Okla. With the GOP's budget ...

The Senate on Wednesday took a step toward approving its first appropriation bill, agreeing to advance military construction and Veterans Affairs spending in a 90-8 vote. But lawmakers have a long way ...

When Congress returns from their August recess, they will have their hands full with the FY 2024 Appropriations process. With the end of the fiscal year quickly approaching on Sept. 30 and bills still ...

The Supreme Court heard arguments this week on President Donald Trump’s use of emergency powers to impose tariffs. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., the top Democrat on the Senate Ag Committee, discusses ...

The federal appropriation process is long and complex. As part of this process, individual Members of Congress, both in the House and Senate, solicit requests from constituents, such as Purdue ...

"A full year obligation has gone out to states, but with a big asterisk and caveat that if we have a continuing resolution, it could get pulled back," said Susan Howard, director of policy and ...

Congressional negotiators are working quickly to move billions of dollars in federal funding, but debates are raging over a wide range of prickly issues. With less than three months until a government ...

He spoke to reporters after his appearance before the GOP’s Steering Committee, which is hearing pitches from prospective committee chairmen. Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.), who is currently the senior ...

The Constitution gives Congress the power of the purse in Article I, Section 9, which provides that “No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.” To ...

Matthew Dickerson is the director of the Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget at The Heritage Foundation. The government’s fiscal year begins Oct. 1, but as per usual, Congress has failed ...