Against a backdrop of growing global crises and less than two months after Congress voted to once again increase funding for the International Affairs Budget, the Administration’s FY21 budget request released today calls for deep cuts to America’s development and diplomacy tools. This marks a four-year trend of targeting the State Department, USAID, and other development agencies for severe and disproportionate cuts despite bipartisan opposition on Capitol Hill.
In a swift conclusion to months of tense negotiations between the White House and Congressional leaders – and just in time for the holidays – this week Congress approved two compromise spending packages for FY20 that will keep the government...
With lawmakers poised to leave town for the Thanksgiving recess, this week Congress approved a second short-term Continuing Resolution (CR) to keep the government open for another month as negotiations to finalize FY20 spending continue. The...
The topline funding levels for the FY20 International Affairs Budget provided by the House and Senate not only reject the Administration’s proposed deep cuts but also increase resources for these programs compared to the FY19 enacted level. The...
This week, the Senate Appropriations Committee released its FY20 State-Foreign Operations (SFOPS) bill – bypassing the traditional committee markup process in a failed attempt to bring the bill straight to the Senate floor. As previously mentioned, the Senate SFOPS bill is funded at $55 billion, including $47 billion in base and $8 billion in Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO).
Fresh off a five-week summer recess and with a bipartisan budget deal in place, this week the Senate Appropriations Committee launched its FY20 appropriations process – approving topline spending levels (known as 302(b) allocations) for its twelve spending bills, including the State-Foreign Operations (SFOPS) bill that funds the vast majority of the International Affairs Budget.
Capping off a week of high-stakes negotiations between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, on Monday night the Administration and bipartisan Congressional leaders announced a landmark budget deal to raise discretionary spending caps for FY20 and FY21. The agreement, which also includes…
With the passage of the four-bill minibus this week, House Democrats are on track to meet their stated goal of passing all twelve FY20 appropriations bills by the end of June. A second five-bill minibus that includes the Agriculture and...
With yesterday’s approval of the FY20 Agriculture Appropriations bill, the House Appropriations Committee has completed work on the three spending bills that fund the International Affairs Budget – the State-Foreign Operations, Agriculture, and...
House passes the Global Fragility Act (H.R. 2116) introduced by Reps. Eliot Engel (D-NY) and Michael McCaul (R-TX), which would ensure effective use of U.S. foreign assistance to target the drivers of fragility and enhance stability in priority countries and regions.
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