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An Automatic Continuing Resolution Is Not a Good Solution for Government Shutdowns

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By Richard Kogan, Sam Berger Verified, Joel Friedman
| cbpp.org
The Senate may soon consider a proposal to provide for an automatic continuing resolution (CR), which would extend funding at the prior year’s level whenever the President and Congress fail to enact full-year or temporary funding for a fiscal year. Government shutdowns impose substantial costs on individuals and families in general and federal employees in particular.[1] And with shutdowns occurring more frequently and lasting longer, there is heightened interest in finding a way to avoid them.
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The Trump Administration Seeks to End Nonpartisan Grantmaking

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By Devin M. O’Connor, Sam Berger Verified
| cbpp.org
Federal grantmaking processes are designed to be open, fair, reliable, and free of political influence, favoritism, or retaliation.[1] But since the first days following President Trump’s inauguration, his Administration has upended every stage of the federal grantmaking process. That effort began with an unprecedented (albeit short-lived) government-wide grant freeze, followed by a set of presidential directives, ad hoc cancellations, and delays seeking to politicize the grantmaking process.
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Lawfare Daily: The Law of the Shutdown

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By Molly Reynolds, Nick Bednar, Sam Berger Verified, Jen Patja
| Lawfare Verified
Published by The Lawfare Institute in Cooperation With In this episode, Molly Reynolds, Senior Fellow at Brookings and contributing editor at Lawfare, sits down with Nick Bednar, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota and contributing editor at Lawfare, and Sam Berger, Senior Fellow on the Federal Fiscal Policy team at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
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