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Congress Heads Toward Adjournment for the Year | On December 15, Congress passed a short-term funding resolution to continue funding the federal government through December 23, and now, just this morning, Congress introduced a bill to fully fund the government for the remainder of the fiscal year (until September 30, 2023). This year's lame duck session has been pushed unusually close to Christmas! We'll all be watching carefully as Congress votes on this budget and officially closes out the 117th Congress....
There’s an old expression in politics, “If you’re not active at the table, you may find yourself on the menu.” This is just as true for the nonprofit sector as any other part of the American economy. In fact, the expression speaks to much of the momentum which helped launch TNPA in 2018. As a sector, we want to be at the table, not on the menu! Advocacy by individuals in TNPA member organizations is vital to taking advantage of our place at the table. TNPA is your voice advocating for the nonprofit sector on policies and legislation that impact our ability to do our nonprofit work. Yet, that voice is even stronger when you get involved....
Congress Will Return Mid-November for a Lame Duck Session | Congress is currently in adjournment allowing members of Congress to go home to campaign for the November elections. When Congress returns in mid-November for its post-election lame duck session, it has the immediate task of passing a funding resolution to keep the government running. The current funding authority expires December 16....
Congress to Adjourn for Upcoming Election: Post-Election Lame Duck Session Likely | At the moment, Congress is in the midst of an impasse to enact a funding resolution to provide monies to keep the federal government running - and avoid a government shutdown - after the current funding expires at the end of the fiscal year, which is this coming Friday, September 30. Initially, it appeared that Congress would pass a "clean" short-term funding bill to fund the government until mid-December, however now it appears there is a logjam with an attempt to add a number of other provisions to this short-term funding measure....
August 2022 Legislative Round-Up National Privacy Bill Seems More and More Likely a "Next Year" Issue From the States (including NH and CO) TNPA Seeking…
July 2022 Legislative Round-Up Privacy Bill Moves Forward... with several troubling provisions Neither Snow, Nor Rain, Nor Heat will stop the USPS, But Excessive Rates…
Included in this June 2022 Legislative Round-Up Impact of Recent Postal Rate Hikes: Express Your Concerns The House Takes a Step on National Privacy Legislation...…
Thanks to all of you who were able to join us in making last week's Virtual Capitol Hill Day a success! And everyone else, I…
Included in this May 2022 Legislative Round-Up State Privacy Laws - The Patchwork Quilt Grows Larger Universal Charitable Deduction: The Effort to Expand Continues ICYMI:…
Included in this Round-Up Oklahoma Senate Stops Opt-In Privacy Bill Colorado AG Begins Rulemaking for Privacy Law - input needed! NYS Amending Requirement to File…