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House Appropriations Committee – April 2, 2025
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) released guidance for Fiscal Year 2026 programmatic, language, and Community Project Funding requests. Members may submit a request to fund specific projects in their communities, so long as the projects have a federal nexus and meet other requirements established by federal law, House Rules, and the Committee to ensure only high-quality projects are requested and funded.
Kirksville Daily Express – March 26, 2025
The Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL) at the University of Virginia announced yesterday the release of their Legislative Effectiveness Scores for the 118th Congress (2023-2024), and announced that Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) topped their list this year with a Legislative Effectiveness Score seven times higher than the average member of the House.
Federal News
CBS News – March 31, 2025
At least two-thirds of the staff at the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, or NIOSH, are expected to be laid off as part of a restructuring ordered by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Around 873 staff are expected to be cut from NIOSH, out of the 10,000 workers that are slated to be laid off from across the Department of Health and Human Services this year.
2025 Congressional Calendar
Tentative 2025 congressional calendar, subject to change.
Reviewed 2025-04-07