APPROPRIATIONS NEWS AND STATUS CHART

FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2025 APPROPRIATIONS UPDATES:

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For sequestration reports regarding the Fiscal Responsibility Act spending caps see: https://govbudget.com/sequestration-reports/.

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Recent Appropriation Actions and Policy News (see Chron for news archives):

STATUS OF FY 2025 FUNDING BILLS:  On December 21, 2024, Congress passed a second continuing resolution for FY 2025 (HR 10545) through March 14, 2025.  For FY 2025, which began October 1, 2024, the House completed 5 of 12 bills on the House Floor–on a largely partisan basis: Defense, H-Sec, MilCon-VA, S-FOps, and Int-Env; (the Leg-Br. bill was defeated). The Senate Appropriations Committee voted out 11 appropriations bills with broad bipartisan support — all except for H-SEC which was stymied over southern border politics. The bipartisan Senate bills have higher spending levels than the GOP-passed House bills.  Funding of federal agencies will expire on March 14, 2025 without further action.

House hearings week of Feb 24, 2025

Thurs, Feb 20, 2025:
House appropriators examine education innovation, workforce preparedness
Approps Ranking Member Murray’s remarks on Senate Budget Resolution – Approps/Murray
Earmarks another victim of Trump spending freeze – Politico

Wed, Feb 19, 2025:
Trump team finds loophole to defy court orders blocking spending freezes – NYT
“You Would See Lawsuits”- Senate Approps Chair fires warning shot at Trump on spending – Politico
Senate Approps Ranking Dem on Senate Republican budget plan – Approps/Murray
Senate Approps Ranking Dem blasts Trump, Musk for risking Americans’ health – Approps/Murray

Tues, Feb 18, 2025:
Congress closing in on shutdown deadline with no clear plan – The Hill

Mon, Feb 17, 2025:
Republicans hope to jam through defense, border funding boost ahead of shutdown fight – The Hill
[Editor’s note: the GOP plan to boost defense and border funding through a Reconciliation bill requires circumventing the Appropriations process.]
What would a Federal funding freeze mean to state and local governments – the numbers – TPC

Sun, Feb 16, 2025:
Trump and Musk Sabotage Research on Cures and Treatments for Diseases – Approps/DeLauro
Gutting CDC will leave Americans sicker and more vulnerable to deadly diseases – Approps/DeLauto
Blame game on looming government shutdown – Axios
Approps Ranking Dem Murray: “Republican senators privately tell her they oppose what Trump and Musk are doing but the administration has used threats and offers of federal projects in their states to keep GOP senators in line and secure their near-unanimous support for controversial nominees and policies.” – WA Spokesman-Review

Sat, Feb 15, 2025:
Senate Appropriations Democrats say at least $396 billion in federal funds for farmers, broadband, infrastructure, housing, national parks, disaster prevention, infectious disease response, and medical research remains in jeopardy. – Approps Comm Dems
Kaptur, Murray demand briefing to Congress on reckless layoffs across Dept. of Energy, Including National Nuclear Security Administration, Jeopardizing National Security – Approps Comm Dems
Ranking Member sounds alarm over firing of 3400 Forest Service employees. – Approps Comm Dems

Fri, Feb 14, 2025:
Trump and Musk layoffs jeopardize essential services Americans rely on – Senate Approps Dems
Murphy, Underwood demand answers on reported FEMA grant freeze – Approps Comm Dems
Many Trump Administration personnel actions are unlawful – David Super
Bracing for a shutdown fight, Dems warn their votes are not a given – NYT
Shutdown looms in a month as funding talks falter in Congress – Bloomberg Law

Thurs, Feb 13, 2025:
Trump’s Funding Freeze is raising energy prices and undermining energy dominance – DeLauro

Wed, Feb 12, 2025:
My Fellow Members of Congress: This is a Naked Power Grab – NYT/DeLauro
Musk’s DOGE cuts based more on political ideology than real cost savings so far – Reuters
Democrats vow hardball in shutdown fight – The Hill

Tues, Feb 11, 2025:
DeLauro on dismantling the Dept. of Education – AppropsDems
Sen. Murray on Trump and Musk’s funding freeze – AppropsDems
Democrats are divided on government shutdown threats – Politico
Schumer: Democrats will use spending bills to curb DOGE – The Hill
FEMA official ignores judge’s latest order, demands freeze on grant funding – NBC
Proposed NIH funding cut threatens U.S. leadership in medical innovation – WP

Mon, Feb 10, 2025:
DeLauro statement on Trump violating court order to unfreeze federal spending
Federal judge blocks Trump administration cuts to medical research funding – CBS
Schumer letter to colleagues hints at government shutdown in March, saying, “legislation in the Senate requires 60 votes and Senate Democrats will use our votes to help steady the ship for the American people in these turbulent times.” – Senate Dem Leader Schumer 
Senate Approps Chair opposes Administration’s “arbitrary cap on the indirect costs that are part of NIH grants…. (saying they) would be devastating, stopping vital biomedical researh and leading to the loss of jobs.” – Senate Approps Chair Collins

Sun, Feb 9, 2025:
Trump team dismantles efforts to find cure for cancer and other diseases – AppropsDs
Some Democrats vow to use leverage in government funding fight – WP

Fri, Feb 7, 2025:
Week 3: Trump’s funding freeze continues; hundreds of billions of dollars owed to communities still in jeopardy – Appropriations/Murray
Have shutdown talks stalled – Politico Playbook
Murray, Merkley, King, Heinrich Sound the Alarm Over National Parks Staffing Shortages Due to Trump’s Hiring Freeze – SenAppropsDems

Thurs, Feb 6, 2025:
House Appropriations subcommittees will begin marking up 2026 bills in late April – Cole
Firebrand Vought confirmed as White House budget director; party-line vote – Roll Call
Musk sought to use Treasury payment system to shut down USAID spending – CNN
Elon Musk’s DOGE is feeding sensitive federal data into AI to target cuts – WP
Federal judge pauses Thursday deadline for Trump administration’s buyout program – WP
Dem letter to Education Dept. demanding answers on Trump’s plans to dismantle – Murray/DeLauro
Dem letter to EPA demanding answers on illegal cuts – Murray/DeLauro

Wed, Feb 5, 2025:
Imminent Purge of EPA Employees will undermine agency’s obligations to protect human health and the environment – RM Pingree
Head start childcare programs still unable to access fed money – NBC
Trump brazenly defies laws in escalating executive power grab; President Trump has appeared to feel little constraint by any need to show respect for the rule of law – NYT
Ranking Member Murray details harm caused by blanket funding freeze, ongoing chaos, panic, damage – Murray
Democrats holding Senate Floor for 30 hours blasting Trump and Musk for violations of law and putting Americans in danger – Murray
Sen. GOP Approps Chair Susan Collins says she is “concerned” about Elon Musk and the Trump administration’s efforts to control congressional purse strings – Politico
“There’s no doubt that the president appears to have empowered Elon Musk far beyond what I think is appropriate,” she told reporters Wednesday. “I think a lot of it is going to end up in court…. I am concerned if the Trump administration is clawing back money that has been specifically appropriated for a particular purpose,” she said.
In a letter to OPM, Top congressional Democratic appropriators say Trump Administration’s “Deferred Resignation” Scheme is Deceptive, Legally Questionable, & Puts Vital Taxpayer Services At Risk; Accuse Musk of conflict of interest;  Link to Dems’ letter to OPM detailing violations of law – Approps Dems
Why Washington is getting nervous about a shutdown – Politico
Trump, Musk roll over Republicans with grab for Congress’ Powers – Bloomberg Law

Tues, Feb 4, 2025:
EPA spending freeze continues despite court orders – Politico
Fed layoffs “likely” if too few employees choose to quit, memo says – WP
Appropriations negotiations stall ahead of shutdown deadline as Dems slam Trump for unilaterally halting funding and overhauling agencies – NBC

Mon, Feb 3, 2025:
Jeffries letter says appropriations must halt defunding – House Dem Leader
President lacks authority to abolish USAID because Congress established it by law (5 USC 104) as an independent agency with the executive branch; reorganization requires notification and consultation with Congress – CRS
Murray, Schumer, Wyden, Schatz, Warren sound alarm over Musk access to payment system–Approps
Senate Appropriators warn Trump and Musk on government shutdown – Axios
US soft power took decades to build. Trump is dismantling it in weeks – WP/Boot
Federal Judge for DC orders OMB to release funds frozen in Memorandum M-25-13 – RollCall
Dems want funding freeze blocked in 2025 funding deal – Politico
Rubio announces he’s acting director of USAID as Musk and Trump work to dismantle agency – CNN
West VA independent living agency disrupted by OMB funding freeze – Roll Call

Sat, Feb 1, 2025: Musk allies now have access to a sensitive Treasury payment system – WashPost

Fri, Jan 31, 2025: House GOP nears plan for Trump tax and spending bill, but may lack votes–WP

Fri, Jan 31, 2025: US District Court John McConnell of Rhode Island granted a temporary restraining order providing that the Administration “shall not pause, freeze, impede, block, cancel, or terminate… awards and obligations to provide federal financial assistance to the States, and… shall not impede the States’ access to such awards and obligations” except as authorized by statute, regulation or terms of the award. US District Court for the District of Rhode Island

• The Court also prohibits the Administration from re-issuing the freeze under another guise or via individual agencies and requires the Administration to provide written notice of the restraining order to all agencies by 9am Monday.
• The Court found that the Administration’s action “unilaterally suspends the payment of federal funds to the States and others simply by choosing to do so, no matter the authorizing or appropriating statute, the regulatory regime, or the terms of the grant itself. The Executive cites no legal authority allowing it to do so; indeed, no federal law would authorize the Executive’s unilateral action here.”
• The Court found that the Administration’s action violates the constitutional separation of powers and the Administrative Procedure Act, and is contrary to Congress’ intent in funding the various programs.
• Moreover, the Court stated that the Administration’s claim “that the Executive Branch has a duty ‘to align Federal spending and action with the will of the American people as expressed through Presidential priorities,’ is a constitutionally flawed statement. The Executive Branch has a duty to align federal spending and action with the will of the people as expressed through congressional appropriations, not through ‘Presidential priorities.'”
• The Court further noted that the Administration failed to follow the notification procedures established by the Impoundment Control Act under which Presidents may temporarily pause funding or seek to rescind funding.
• Finally, the Court quoted Justice Kavanaugh’s 2013 opinion when he was on the DC Circuit that with respect to “the suggestion that the President has a constitutional power to decline to spend appropriated funds, we must conclude that existence of such a broad power is supported by neither reason nor precedent.”

Fri, Jan 31, 2025:
USAID in upheaval during foreign assistance freeze and staff departures – AP
Trump is wreaking havoc at USAID. Is the goal to shut it down – Politico

Fri, Jan 31, 2025: Politico reports that House Republicans are struggling to come up with a consensus budget resolution which is a procedural prerequisite to unlock the filibuster-proof “reconciliation process” needed to advance Trump’s tax cuts/spending cuts/immigration agenda. The budget resolution for FY 2026 will also include spending levels for discretionary apppropriations. Politico

Fri, Jan 31, 2025: House, Sen Dems demand answers on Trump’s freezing DOE investments to lower Americans’ energy costs – Murray/Kaptur

Thurs, Jan 30, 2025: Senate Dems call on Trump to rescind EOs still blocking billions – Murray

Thurs, Jan 30, 2025: WH rescinded funding memo after GOP senators ‘hit the ceiling’ – The Hill

Wed, Jan 29, 2025: Senate Approps announces subcomm. rosters – Collins/Murray

Wed, Jan 29, 2025:
Judge open to halting Trump freeze on federal grant funds; lawsuit from nearly two dozen states challenges now-rescinded memo – Roll Call
Trump’s unlawful freeze is not over – DeLauro
WH press secretary says order on funding remain in force – WH Press Office
White House rescinds freeze on federal grants – WashPost
OMB rescindsed the spending pause  JD Supra
OMB rescinds memo pausing federal financial assistance, but White House asserts funding freeze in Executive Orders remains effective – National Law Review

Tues, Jan 28, 2025:
Also on Tuesday, a separate lawsuit was filed on Tuesday, 1/28, by Democratic state attorneys general challenging the spending freeze in federal district court in Rhode Island.
Federal judge delays Trump spending freeze until Feb. 3 – WashPost
Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Freeze of Federal Grant Funds – NYT
Judge temporarily pauses Trump’s freeze on grants, loans – Reuters
OMB issues clarification fact sheet – OMB
Background: Trump’s spending freeze – WashPost
DeLauro, Murray raise alarm on new OMB memoranda, efforts to defy federal law, Constitution to withhold approved federal funding – Ranking Members DeLauro and Murray

Mon, Jan 27, 2025: OMB issued Memorandum M-25-13 re: Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance Programs stating in part: “…Career and political appointees in the Executive Branch have a duty to align Federal spending and action with the will of the American people as expressed through Presidential priorities….This memorandum requires Federal agencies to identify and review all Federal financial assistance programs and supporting activities consistent with the President’s policies and requirements….Federal agencies must temporarily pause all activities related to
obligation or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance, and other relevant agency activities
that may be implicated by the executive orders, including, but not limited to, financial assistance
for foreign aid, nongovernmental organizations, DEI, woke gender ideology, and the green new
deal….The temporary pause will become effective on January 28, 2025, at 5:00
PM….Each agency must pause: (i) issuance of new awards; (ii) disbursement of Federal funds under all open awards; and (iii) other relevant agency actions that may be implicated by the executive orders, to the extent permissible by law, until OMB has reviewed and provided guidance to your agency with respect to the information submitted.”   See JD Supra for additional background.   

Fri, Jan 24, 2025: Trump suggests eliminating FEMA during N. Carolina visit – CNN

Fri, Jan 24, 2025: State Dept freezes new funding for nearly all US aid programs worldwide – AP

Fri, Jan 24, 2025: Trump’s illegal, unconstitutional scheme to withhold funding headed to communities across America – Murray

Thurs, Jan 23, 2025: “No Senator who believes Congress holds the power of the purse should vote for Russ Vought” – Murray

Thurs, Jan 23, 2025: House Approps adopts rules and subcommittee jurisdictions – Cole 

Wed, Jan 22, 2025: The GOP’s overdue 2025 spending decision – Politico

Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Congressional negotiators say bipartisan funding deal possible this week or next – The Hill

Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Trump’s budget pick is famous for defying Congress; GOP senators want to confirm him anyway – Politico

Wed, Jan 22, 2025: Murray grills OMB nominee Russ Vought–slamming Trump EOs to illegally withhold funding for communities across America – Murray

Tues, Jan 21, 2025: A look at what Trump did on Day One – The Fiscal Times

Tues, Jan 21, 2025: EOs that unilaterally steal investments promised to American Families–DeLauro

Wed, Jan. 15, 2025: “Expired and Expiring Authorizations of Appropriations” – CBO

Wed, Jan 15, 2025: House GOP announces new subcomm rosters – Cole

Wed, Jan 15, 2025: House Dems announce new appropriators – DeLauro

Wed, Jan 15, 2025: Trump’s budget chief previews constitutional clash over spending – FiscalTimes

Thurs, Jan 9, 2025: Musk says DOGE’s goal to cut $2 trillion in spending is “best-case outcome” – says there’s a good shot of cutting at least $1 trillion from federal expenditures. WSJ  [From the GovBudget editor. Sign up for my (free) weekly columns at https://fedbudgetguy.substack.com/ for  explanations of why this is neither realistic nor desirable.]

Thurs, Jan 9, 2025: Ukraine pleads for continued arms assistance – Politico

Wed, Jan 8, 2025: Biden approves sweeping disaster declaration for SoCal fires – Politico

Tues, Jan 7, 2025:  Sen. Collins officially becomes chair of Senate Approps Comm

Thurs, Dec 26, 2024: Congress stripped IRS of another $20 billion in CR; GOP has now clawed back half the investment the Biden Admin. made in the tax agency – WashPost

Sat, Dec. 21, 2024:  Senate passed a continuing resolution (CR) (HR 10545) to extend current levels of funding to March 14 in the early hours of the morning and President Biden signed the bill late Saturday morning to avoid a government shutdown. Senate Dem Stmt | Senate GOP Stmt
Musk helped kill a congressional spending bill–spreading misinformation – AP

Fri, Dec. 20, 2024:  With the federal government due to run out of spending authority at midnight, the House agreed to a last minute bipartisan deal extending current levels of funding to March 14 (HR 10545), as well as providing relief to farmers and natural disaster victims and reauthorizing the farm bill. CBO cost estimate of HR 10545, American Relief Act, 2025. “Division A would provide for the continuation, through March 14, 2025, of the appropriations and authorities contained in the 12 regular appropriation acts for 2024…. Division B would provide supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for a broad range of federal agencies to respond to recent natural disasters and provide related assistance. The legislation would designate those amounts as emergency requirements….”
House GOP stmt | Cole remarks | House Dem stmt
House avoids shutdown, while ditching Trump demand to extend/eliminate debt limit – Fiscal Times
House passes govt spending package after Trump, Musk fueled chaos – Politico

Thurs, Dec 19, 2024:
State-by-state info. on jeopardized disaster funding – DeLauro
Trump-backed funding bill fails as government shutdown looms – Politico
Trump stuns Washington with push to repeal debt ceiling – WashPost
Trump tossed a debt limit grenade into spending talks. Here’s why – NYT

Tues, Dec. 17, 2024:
Comm. releases bill to continue funding, provide disaster relief – Cole
House Dem stmt in support of bipartisan CR, disaster relief bill – DeLauro
Senate Dem stmt in support of CR, disaster relief bill – Murray
Senate GOP stmt in support of CR, disaster relief bill – Collins

Mon, Dec 16, 2024: Bipartisan bill to avert govt shutdown appears to hit snags – WashPost

Sun, Dec 15, 2024: Johnson faces brewing GOP rebellion after farm aid deal collapses – Politico

Fri, Dec 13, 2024: Cole announces new GOP committee members – Cole

Thurs, Dec. 12, 2024:
Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2025 to 2034 – CBO
“CBO periodically issues a compendium of policy options and their estimated effects on the federal budget. This report presents 76 options for altering spending or revenues to reduce federal budget deficits over the next decade.”

Tues, Dec. 10, 2024:
–Johnson needs Dems to pass a stopgap spending bill. Here’s what they want.–-Politico
–Congress races toward fast-approaching government shutdown deadline – The Hill

Mon, Dec. 9, 2024: –White House outlines priorities for last 42 days – The Hill

Sat, Dec. 7, 2024: Hegseth and Collins’ push for cutting veterans’ health benefits alarms vets groups – CNN

Fri, Dec. 6, 2024: How Trump plans to steal Congress’ power of the purse – DeLauro
Fact Sheet: Trump’s Impoundment–Uninformed & Unconstitutional

Thurs, Dec. 5, 2024: House Appropriations Chair Cole signals openness to presidential impoundments; (the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, enacted in response to President Nixon’s impoundment of congressionally appropriated funds, requires congressional approval to rescind congressionally appropriated funds–a tall order with the GOP’s razor thin majorities in the House and Senate) – WashPost

Wed, Dec. 4, 2024: Johnson says no Ukraine aid on year-end spending stopgap – Politico

Mon, Dec. 2, 2024:
–Congress readies another funding punt ahead of Dec. 20 shutdown deadline – Politico
–In final month of the session, Congress looks to clean up loose ends, prepare for Trump – Roll Call
–OMB nominee Vought’s plan to upend government– Roll Call

Fri, Nov. 22, 2024: Statement on nomination of Russ Vought to lead OMB – Murray

Thurs, Nov. 21, 2024: Musk’s budget crusade could cause a constitutional clash in Trump’s second term – AP

Wed, Nov. 20, 2024: 
–Chair Murray’s statement on disaster relief request – Murray
–Chair Murray’s opening remarks at hearing on disaster relief – Murray
–Ranking Member Collins’ opening remarks – Collins

Wed, Nov. 20, 2024:
Musk and Ramaswamy publish plan to slash workforce – Politico
–WSJ Op-Ed – Musk, Ramaswamy

Mon, Nov. 18, 2024:
–Administration request for $98.6 billion disaster supplemental –  WH
–OMB remarks on disaster supplemental – OMB
–Biden asks Congress for nearly $100 billion in disaster aid – NYTimes

Sun, Nov. 17, 2024: Speaker Mike Johnson: House will punt funding to early 2025 – Politico

Sat, Nov. 16, 2024: 
–Musk wants to slash $2 trillion in federal spending. Is that possible? – NYTimes
–For background on the federal budget, see Trillions

Wed, Nov. 13, 2024:  DOGE, the new department Musk and Ramaswamy will lead under Trump Administration – The Hill

Tues, Nov. 12, 2024: –Congress returns to unfinished business and a new Trump era – AP

Tues, Nov. 5, 2024: Election results:  AP |  Politico Live Updates | Reuters

See Chron for actions prior to the above date. 

APPROPRIATIONS STATUS CHART:

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