Congress allocates $1.3 billion for colleges, funding projects from advanced equipment to community-centric programs, sparking debates on earmarking's impact. Continue reading to learn more.
Congress's finalized federal spending package maintains stable funding for higher education, with minor adjustments, for the 2023-24 fiscal year. Continue reading for more details.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Friday the House would return next week to start voting on the latest plan. He has just five days until the Sept. 30 deadline.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy emerged with a spending cut plan to prevent a federal government shutdown by appeasing his hard-right flank, only to see it quickly collapse Thursday in a crushing defeat.
Republicans narrowly passed a debt ceiling increase on Wednesday night by the thinnest of margins: 217-215 (with four GOP defections). The increase is conditioned upon $4.8 trillion in federal deficit reduction measures which will guarantee a veto from Joe Biden assuming it gets that far. Meanwhile,