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House Budget Chair Releases FY2015 Budget Resolution
Earlier this week A۰P۰L۰U’s Congressional and Governmental Affairs Office sent the following summary of the FY2015 Budget Resolution released by U.S. House of Representatives Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI). House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released his FY2015 Budget Resolution<http://budget.house.gov/fy2015/> this morning. The House Republican budget cuts spending by $5.1 trillion over the next ten years. […]
Federal Budget Update
The Government Relations team at the Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) shared an update on the Federal Budget earlier today. Below is an excerpt with several links for additional information. Budget Update On March 4, 2014, President Obama released his proposed FY 2015 Budget. The President proposes expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit […]
President Obama’s Budget for FY’15
President Obama sent his budget blueprint for FY ’15 to Capitol Hill last week. Below are a series of links to the president’s budget and a summary from Inside Higher Ed. BUDGET DETAIL: The President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2015 http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/Overview WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT: The President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2015 http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget Summary of the President’s […]
APLU-AAU-ACE Send Letter to Appropriators on FY2015 302(b) Allocations
Click here to download a letter from the presidents of the American Council on Education (ACE), the Association of American Universities (AAU) and APLU that was recently sent to the U.S. Senate and House Appropriations leaders regarding the FY15 302 (b) allocations. The letter urges appropriations leaders to make research and higher education programs a […]
Chronicle: Budget Agreement Would Give NIH and Pell Grants a Boost
Chronicle of Higher Education January 14, 2014 By Kelly Field Washington Federal lawmakers reached agreement late Monday on a long-overdue spending bill for the 2014 fiscal year that would provide an additional $1-billion for the National Institutes of Health and raise the maximum Pell Grant by an estimated $85, to $5,730. The omnibus spending bill, […]
Chronicle: Budget Breakthrough May Mean Little for Battered Research Agencies
Chronicle of Higher Education January 6, 2014 By Paul Basken Federal science agencies, like most of the government, are expecting to learn by the middle of the month how much money they can spend. And there’s a good chance the amount will be more than it was last year. That, however, may be the extent […]
Budget Deal Reached
By the American Council on Education (ACE) December 13, 2013 Budget negotiators Tuesday announced a bipartisan deal to set spending levels for the federal government through fiscal year 2015 and partially replace sequestration cuts with other savings. The House last night approved the measure 332-94, sending the bill to the Senate for its expected final […]
McClatchy Washington Bureau: Unless D.C. finds alternative, N.C. faces new budget cuts
By Renee Schoof McClatchy Washington Bureau November 25, 2013 When Congress returns to Washington after Thanksgiving, budget negotiations will be getting down to the wire on a deal for next year’s federal spending. Without an agreement in December, North Carolina and the nation could be facing a second round of the automatic spending cuts […]
Inside Higher Ed: How Higher Ed Fits Into New Budget Talks
November 1, 2013 By Michael Stratford As Congress resumed negotiations on the federal budget this week, higher education advocates are once again pressing lawmakers to end automatic spending cuts, which they’ve said are devastating to scientific research. Representatives from both chambers and political parties gathered on Wednesday for the first formal budget talks since Congress reached […]
Post-Government Shutdown Information from UNC General Administration
By Melanie Baucom, UNC General Administration, Office of Federal Government Relations After 16 days of a partial government shutdown, Congress passed a temporary Continuing Resolution (CR) to re-open the government and extend the debt ceiling. The agreement is temporary and leaves unresolved full FY14 spending levels and whether automatic spending cuts, known as sequester, will […]