Administration Releases Budget Proposal for FY26
On May 2, the Trump administration released a budget request for fiscal year 2026 (FY26) that begins on October 1, 2025. As previously and widely leaked, the document includes double-digit percent cuts across science agencies. While concerning, this is only …
Efforts Move Forward on FY26 Budget
The science advocacy community, including FABBS, is busy drafting testimony, circulating funding letters, and meeting with Congressional appropriators as we await the Trump administration’s “skinny budget” for fiscal year 2026 (FY26). While expecting significant cuts to science agencies, groups are …
Congress Approves CR for Remainder of FY25
On March 15, President Trump signed the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 into law, keeping the government funded through the end of the fiscal year, September 30, 2025. The continuing resolution (CR) prevented an immediate shutdown, and holds …
Congress Budget To-Do List Includes FY25, FY26, and the Debt Ceiling
The current continuing resolution (CR) funds the federal government through March 14, five and a half months into the current 2025 fiscal year (FY25). The CR was enacted on December 21, 2024, to prevent a shutdown, maintaining FY24 funding levels. …
Congressional Appropriations Committees Move Science Budgets
July was a busy month for Congressional appropriators. The Senate made progress, passing the Commerce-Justice-Science and Related Agencies (CJS) Bill on July 25 and the Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-H) Bill on August 1. Both …
Congress Turns to FY25 Budget Process
Shortly after finally completing the fiscal year 2024 budget, Congresswoman Kay Granger (R-TX) stepped down from her role as Chair of the House Appropriations Committee. Representative Tom Cole (R-OK), who has a strong history of bipartisan collaboration to support the …
