From rising global instability to a fraught domestic political and budgetary environment, this year’s federal budget process is occurring against a backdrop of complex challenges both at home and abroad...
Ahead of Congress’s August recess, the Senate Appropriations Committee spent the month of July considering its FY25 spending bills – including the State-Foreign Operations (SFOPS) bill that funds the vast majority of the International Affairs...
In terms of resources to support international peace and security, the final spending deal approved by Congress includes increases in some security-oriented accounts, but reductions in others...
The package appeared to be in jeopardy last week due to overwhelming Republican opposition to a bipartisan border security deal that had been attached to the supplemental. However, a path forward emerged after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer...
Proposed funding for several accounts is designated to remain available until the end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 on September 30, 2024, while funding for several others is designated to remain available until the end of FY25 on September 30, 2025. In...