Hill Watch Live: Inside Washington's Spending Fight

Congress has until September 30 to keep the government operating into the next fiscal year. House appropriators have been churning through their versions of fiscal 2027 spending bills, with the Senate looking to begin work this month.

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BGOV OnPoint: Scenario Planning Lookahead for the 120th Congress

President Donald Trump could face a siege of investigations, oversight hearings, and tough choices in the final half of his term if Democrats wrest control of Congress in November, imperiling his legislative agenda after two years of a Republican governing trifecta.

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Top 20: Need for Drones Leads New Additions to Tracked Contracts

The Pentagon boosted to $60 billion the maximum value of a multi-vendor procurement vehicle for rapid sourcing of drones and other tactical equipment as the next iteration of the contract heads toward competitive bidding.

BGOV OnPoint: House Moves Spending Bills, Senate Eyes Markups

The House passed its Agriculture-FDA appropriations bill this week and advanced several more fiscal 2027 funding bills in committee, as Senate appropriators plan their first markups of the year.

BGOV Bill Analysis: S. 2, Immigration-Border Reconciliation Bill

The Department of Homeland Security would receive $69.5 billion in multiyear funding under S. 2, Republicans’ budget reconciliation package.

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Massachusetts Ties Business Tax Breaks to Ballot Initiative

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) signed a budget bill Friday that ties five business deductions to maintaining the state’s 5% personal income tax rate, putting fresh pressure on a proposed ballot measure that could lower the rate to 4%.