President Obama will release his FY13 budget request on Monday, February 13, one week later than the February 6th deadline. Please check back here on the afternoon of February 13th for USGLC’s comprehensive analysis of the FY13 International Affairs Budget. As a result of the Super Committee’s failure to agree on a plan for $1.2 trillion [...]
With an FY12 continuing resolution now in effect until December 16, House and Senate leaders are working hard to reconcile the FY12 appropriations bills from both chambers and sign them into law. [...]
Priority Democrats to Speak on the Floor Priority Republicans to Oppose Cutting Amendments Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) Senator John Boozman (R-AR) Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) Senator Dan Coats (R-IN) Senator Dick [...]
With an FY12 continuing resolution now in effect until November 18, House and Senate leaders are working hard to reconcile the FY12 appropriations bills from both chambers and sign them into law. The goal is to finalize all the spending bills, potentially in the form of an omnibus FY12 appropriations measure, prior to…
With Congress back from its August recess, action on the FY12 appropriations process will continue and the Special Joint Committee (also known as the “super committee”) will also begin deliberations. As part of the budget deal reached before recess, the committee is required to make recommendations by November 23 on how to reduce the deficit by an additional $1.5 trillion over ten years. …
Congress has adjourned for the August recess on the heels of several intense months of budget work and negotiations – all of which have very real impacts on the International Affairs Budget. Before adjourning, Congress passed – and the President signed into law – a budget agreement to raise the debt ceiling. Under this agreement, the International Affairs Budget could face very deep cuts given how security and non-security spending are capped for F12 and FY13. …
In April, the House-passed an FY12 budget resolution that cuts the International Affairs Budget 18% (to $41.0 billion) from FY11 and 27% from FY10 levels. In addition, the budget resolution did not classify the International Affairs Budget as part of national security spending, as was first done by President Bush in 2007. On May 11, [...]
President’s FY 2012 Request Funds International Affairs Budget as Critical Part of National Security
The USGLC applauds the Administration’s FY 12 International Affairs budget request as a critical investment in America’s national security. At a time of intense pressure to cut spending and in the context of an overall freeze on non-security funding, the President has presented an International Affairs budget that protects America’s security interests and maintains U.S. [...]
At 10:00 am today, President Obama released to Congress his FY 2011 Budget request, which totals $3.8 trillion. At 1:00 PM, Dep. Secretary of State Jack Lew will unveil the details of the International Affairs portion of the budget request in a briefing at the State Dept. As previously reported, the International Affairs Budget – [...]
More than 500 representatives of businesses, NGOs, faith-based communities, along with national security and foreign policy exerts, packed the Willard Hotel in Washington this morning for the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition’s launch of our “Putting Smart Power to Work” campaign and the first public dialogue on the State Department’s Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR). [...]
