This Debt Ceiling Q&A document was written by our federal lobbyist group at McBee Strategic. The WSU Government Affairs team found it informative and hope you will find it likewise. Please keep in mind that the section describing possible outcomes was written before July 19th and there may be different options being discussed and finally […]
The Federal Government is proceeding with finalizing the FY2011 budget and beginning to discuss the FY2012 budget. It is expected that the long term Continuing Resolution will be adopted by both Houses and signed by the President by the end of the day this Friday. The 2012 Budget discussion has begun. Congressman Ryan introduced his […]
Over the next several days, we will see an overwhelming amout of information and language regarding the Continuing Resolution that was decided on late last night. We will post updates as we receive them, and due to the large amount of material, please click on the links below to follow the most up to date […]
Although WSU has been prepared for a few months, communication of cuts to congressional directed, or ‘earmarked’, research dollars has been made official. The Office of Grant and Research Development was issued official notice from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture that all funding to the following programs has been eliminated for the remainder […]
Yesterday afternoon, House Republicans announced they are marking up a Republican bill to keep the government open another week, exacting $12 billion in spending cuts and funding the Defense Department until the end of September. The bill is expected to be on the House floor for a vote Thursday. The administration and Democrats on Capitol […]
Discussions continue today between the White House, Senate, House of Representatives and the two political parties to come to terms on a long-term Continuing Resolution (CR) which would fund the federal government for the remainder of fiscal year 2011. The current short-term CR will expire this Friday, April 8th and the hope is that a […]
The current Continuing Resolution will keep the Federal Government running until April 8th. There were several WSU congressionally directed projects included in either the House or Senate appropriations bills the following items have been removed during the Continuing Resolution process and will not be funded in the FY2011 appropriations. In addition to reducing “earmarks” Congress […]