Good luck getting DoD to adhere to this," one analyst said of lawmakers' attempts to influence defense spending.

Now that takes a little time; you've got to work through either the appropriations, rescissions or reconciliation process, depending on where it's appropriate." The budget reconciliation process ...

In 1974, Congress laid out a tidy budgeting process, rife with deadlines and guidelines. It’s set up to give lawmakers time to carefully consider each of the 12 appropriations bills that make up ...

While it’s important to debunk the stated rationale for the current policy baseline, the devastating impact would be to ...

But it doesn’t have to be that way. That’s the belief of Utah Republican Sen. John Curtis, who said Thursday that the existing federal budget process is “broken,” antiquated and needs to be innovated.

The Alabama House approved a $3.7 billion budget for 2026, sparking criticism over cuts to cultural funding. MONTGOMERY, Ala.

Louisiana leaders face uncertainty around federal funding as they also try to come up with $198 million to fund teacher stipends.