Sequestration
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. […]
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 […]
Chronicle of Higher Ed: Colleges Hold Out Hope of Avoiding Steep Cuts in Funds
By Allie Bidwell www.chronicle.com Deep federal spending cuts that both Democrats and Republicans had hoped to avoid were set into motion March 1, as Congress failed to act in time to prevent or postpone the reductions. The $85-billion cut to the federal budget, known as sequestration, leaves colleges uncertain about how reductions in federal appropriations will […]
How Will the Fiscal Cliff Impact Education Funding?
PBS NewsHour has an informative summary of what’s at stake in the fiscal cliff negotiations as it relates to education. The aspect of the “cliff” that would impact education budgets most directly is sequestration — mandatory cuts to discretionary federal spending. The White House Office of Management and Budget estimates sequestration would reduce discretionary […]
FAQ on “Fiscal Cliff”
What is the “fiscal cliff” and why does it matter? The Washington Post put together a FAQ to help answer questions related to the “fiscal cliff” and will keep updating this FAQ as the debate rages on. Click here to access the FAQ.
APLU and AAU Association Presidents Resend 150+ University Presidents and Chancellors Letter on Sequester to President and Congressional Leaders
APLU President Peter McPherson and the Association of American Universities (AAU) President Hunter R. Rawlings III once again urged President Obama and congressional leaders to strike a deal on a balanced long-term deficit-reduction agreement to prevent federal cuts tied to sequestration. The new letter was sent today and included the original July 2012 letter sent […]