Congress must address the Senate filibuster rule in order to preserve the appropriations process, rather than bypassing it with budget reconciliation, which would reduce transparency and limit ...

Senators are not thrilled with a top White House official's comments that the government funding process should become more partisan, and fear that doing so could erode Congress’ power of the purse.

Several Mercer County projects are one step closer to federal funding. Seven projects have successfully advanced through the ...

The appropriations process has barely seen any progress as Congress barrels toward the Nov. 17 deadline to avoid a government shutdown. The House is in a state of paralysis as Republicans spar over ...

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 ...

During the coming summer months, Congress will focus its attention on the appropriations process—an annual exercise that, ideally, ends with a determination of funding for the federal government for ...

Justin Bogie was a senior policy analyst in fiscal affairs at The Heritage Foundation. The Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform is tasked with developing recommendations ...

As we reflect on the just-ended Department of Homeland Security funding impasse, we face a familiar problem. Such shutdowns occur because Congress struggles to assemble 60 votes in the Senate to pass ...