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When federal agencies and programs lack funding after the expiration of full-year or interim appropriations, the agencies and programs experience a funding gap. If funding does not resume in time to c...

Some Members of Congress have expressed strong concerns about the societal costs of the opioid epidemic, including its potential to adversely affect the U.S. economy. Efforts to quantify the annual ec...

On January 19, 2017, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and 15 other federal departments and agencies jointly published a final rule to amend the uniform set of regulations—known as the...

House rules and precedents structure Members’ opportunities to speak on the floor about pending legislation. Under some circumstances, Members arrange to speak on legislation by communicating with the...