Congress will be in recess until the week of June 4. Our next Federal Legislative Report will be on June 8. Federal Employees’ Workplace Rights Weakened by President Trump’s New Executive Orders Unions Matter to Congress Harmful Farm Bill...

Farm Bill Cuts Food Aid and Privatizes SNAP House Passes VA Privatization Bill Bank Deregulation Bill Weakens Consumer Protections Public Housing Funding Approved by House Subcommittee Farm Bill Cuts Food Aid and Privatizes SNAP In a surprise move a...

   White House Submits New Budget Cuts New Work Requirements Threaten Basic Standards of Living VA Privatization Plan Advances House Republican Moderates Launch DACA Petition White House Submits New Budget Cuts The Trump administration has ...

   Farm Bill Moving to House Floor House Moves Long-Term FAA Renewal Without ATC Privatization Congress Begins Action on Opioid Crisis Federal Court Places Speed Bump in Trump's DACA Rescission Duncan Confirmed for the Fifth Circuit Farm Bi...

   House Committee Marks Up Punitive Farm Bill Senate Fends Off Attempt to Erode the NLRA House Abandons Effort to Privatize Air Traffic Control House Committee Marks Up Punitive Farm Bill  The House Agriculture Committee abandoned it...

   House Blocks Constitutional Balanced Budget Amendment Congressional Leaders Mull More Tax Votes Tax Bill Puts Key Programs at Risk Trump Administration Nominee Confirmed To NLRB New Deputy Secretary of Labor Farm Bill Threatens Nutrition ...

Fiscal Year 2018 Funding Finalized Congress wrapped up funding decisions for fiscal year (FY) 2018 nearly halfway through the fiscal year.  The compromise bill includes much needed investments for public services and does not include many of the harmf...

Unions Are More Important Than Ever In AFSCME’s ongoing meetings with members of Congress regarding the benefits of and threats to unions, we remind them that strong unions create even stronger communities. Members of Congress increasingly prais...

Senate Comes Up Short in DACA Debate The Senate debated attempts to protect Dreamers from deportation but failed to garner sufficient support to move forward on any specific plan. As a result, protections for those under the Deferred Action for Ch...

Congress Approves 2-Year Budget Agreement; DACA Still Pending Congress passed a fifth stopgap spending measure this week to keep the government running at current levels through March 23, but only after allowing the federal government to experience yet...