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Indian Country is already suffering from a food shortage crisis and problems will only get worse under a government shutdown, lawmakers were told at a crowded hearing on Capitol Hill.
Since the start of the 118th Congress, only 40 bills have passed both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
Source New Mexico: Congress averts shutdown with short-term spending bill (January 22, 2024)
Congress will have until early March to finish work it was supposed to complete last fall under a bill approved with broad bipartisan support.
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (November 20, 2023)
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Native America Calling: The fight for pre-K education programs (November 15, 2023)
As Head Start approaches its 60th year, federal funding for the pre-kindergarten program remains well short of the need in Indian Country and beyond.
Tom Cole: Getting back to work on Capitol Hill after chaos (November 6, 2023)
With only eight weeks left in the year, members of Congress certainly have our work cut out for us
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (October 30, 2023)
Boo — only 18 days until funding for Indian Country programs runs out.
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (October 2, 2023)
It’s #NAFOAFall23 Week! More than 800 tribal leaders, financial professionals, and industry experts are in attendance in Arizona.
‘Your debt is due’: Tribes on alert as U.S. government looms toward shutdown (September 26, 2023)
Indian Country is on high alert as the U.S. government prepares for a possible shutdown, the first of its kind in more than three years.
Native America Calling: Troubling trends: government shutdown and COVID-19 (September 26, 2023)
A coalition of tribal organizations is warning about the potential damage of a federal government shutdown to tribal citizens.
Cronkite News: Republicans lead U.S. government into another shutdown (September 22, 2023)
Two Arizona lawmakers were among five Republicans who broke ranks and voted to block a defense authorization bill, the latest twist in a budget fight that could cause a government shutdown.
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (September 18, 2023)
The countdown to #NAFOAFall23 is on!
After years of work, tribes finally achieved a historic first for the Indian Health Service. But Republicans are already ripping apart the funding agreement.
Tribes see progress with Violence Against Women Act and more funding (March 14, 2022)
A long-overdue update to the Violence Against Women Act is finally becoming law to protect more women, children and elders in tribal communities.
Congress reaches agreement on COVID-19 relief and federal funding (December 21, 2020)
A bill to provide COVID-19 relief and fund the federal government, including Indian Country programs, has been released.
Deb Haaland tapped for Cabinet by President-elect Joe Biden (December 17, 2020)
In a historic first, Deb Haaland, one of the first two Native women to serve in the U.S. Congress, has been tapped to serve in the incoming Joe Biden administration.
Cronkite News: Supreme Court to hear Trump border wall case (October 20, 2020)
Can President Trump use military funds for the wall along the U.S. border? The Supreme Court is set to decide.
Indian bills on House schedule for week of September 21, 2020 (September 20, 2020)
It’s a busy week for Indian Country’s legislative agenda on Capitol Hill.
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