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Legislative Round-Up | December 2022

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....
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The Time to Get Engaged with TNPA on Advocacy is NOW!

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....
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Legislative Round-Up | October 2022

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....
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Legislative Round-Up | September 2022

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....
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