CR Progress. Republican leadership has introduced a short-term continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government through November 21.

Effective July 1, 2024, Chicago is implementing new lobbying laws designed to clarify existing regulations, particularly for the non-profit community. Chicago is joining many other jurisdictions...

Two weeks have passed since the Thanksgiving recess, and the remaining fiscal year (FY) 2026 appropriations bills are still unresolved.

On Wednesday, congressional leadership gave appropriators the green light to finalize FY25 topline numbers, and House Chair Tom Cole (R-OK) and Senate Chair Susan Collins (R-ME) met to discuss that afternoon.

We're now another week into the fiscal year (FY) 2027 request process, but our report looks much like last week: appropriations are moving ahead at full speed...

FY27 Moves Forward. Congress continues to march forward in its efforts to work through as many of the twelve appropriations bills as possible before the August recess.

Congress faces mounting challenges as partisan divisions over the Trump Administration's proposed anti-weaponization fund stall FY26 funding negotiations and complicate the FY27 appropriations process.

On March 10, 2025, Judge Adam B. Abelson of the US District Court for the District of Maryland issued a clarified preliminary injunction to address the question of whether the previous injunction applied to entities beyond the defendants named in the lawsuit.

On May 21, the US District Court for the Western District of Washington extended a May 7 temporary restraining order (TRO) that prohibits the US Department of Housing and Urban Development...

Our appropriations newsletter is usually on hiatus during recess, but fast-moving Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding negotiations and shifting political dynamics prompted this special, shorter edition.

A significant wave of defaults is looming for companies that borrowed under the Federal Reserve's Main Street Lending Program (MSLP), as substantial balloon payments come due throughout 2025.

David Stetson authored an article that appeared in Export Compliance Manager titled "Compliance Obligations for Non-US Companies – A focus of US Agencies."

In the weeks since his return to the White House, President Trump has renewed his "maximum pressure" campaign against Iran. During his first term, President Trump took a hardline approach to Iran by withdrawing from the Obama-era Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (i.e., the Iran nuclear deal) and reimposing stringent sanctions, including secondary sanctions, on virtually all aspects of the Iranian economy.

Topline negotiations continue to make progress this week, albeit slowly. Reportedly, Senate appropriators have come in a bit too high for the House to accept, and the House's proposal is too low for the Senate.

In an opinion published on August 27, Judge Marrero denied a motion to compel discovery regarding communications between the United States Drug Enforcement Administration...

Moving Right Along: The House Appropriations Subcommittees were busy this week, passing the CJS, Labor-HHS, T-HUD, Interior, and Energy and Water bills out of their respective subcommittees.

While the Republican conference has spent much of this week debating their strategy for reconciliation, appropriators are becoming increasingly worried that FY25 funding has been put on the back burner.

This week, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released and then rescinded a memo for executive agencies freezing most federal spending...

We are now one week away from the March 14 government funding deadline and the backup plan – passing a continuing resolution (CR) until the end of FY25 – is moving ahead with support from President Trump.

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the Act) was signed into law on July 4, 2025. The bill makes permanent both individual and corporate provisions that were enacted...