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Federal Relations Update Mike Lenn, Director of Federal Relations: mlenn@wisc.edu With the results of Tuesday’s election still being determined, Congressional majorities in both the House and Senate are in the balance. The final outcome may take days, if not weeks, to be known. Control of the Senate may be determined by a run-off in Georgia …
Fiscal Year 2023 Appropriations Update The House Appropriations Committee passed all 12 fiscal year (FY) 2023 spending bills, and 6 of the 12 have passed the full House. House leaders had hoped to pass all the bills before adjourning for the August recess, but the pace has slowed in recent weeks. Last week, the Senate …
Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request President Joe Biden recently unveiled his Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget. The $5.8 trillion request includes $769 billion for nondefense discretionary programs (5.3 percent above FY 2022) and $813 billion for discretionary defense spending (4 percent above FY 2022). While the president’s budget is an important document that highlights the …
UW–Madison and SHINE Technologies participated in the annual Fusion Day on Capitol Hill last week. The advocacy day focuses on investment in the Department of Energy’s Office of Science Fusion Energy Science program. Wisconsin was represented by Steven Burger, Vice President of Business Development at SHINE Technologies, and a strong UW–Madison contingent made up of …
The Office of Federal Relations released new research agency fact sheets highlighting just a few of the hundreds of federally-funded research projects taking place at UW–Madison. The university’s annual expenditures exceed $1.3 billion, nearly half of which come from federal awards. Support from Congress helps turn UW–Madison discoveries into life-changing products and services that directly …
The House passed a 2022 spending plan on Wednesday evening, which will fund the federal government through September. The $1.5 trillion-dollar bipartisan appropriations package provides significant funding for University of Wisconsin–Madison initiatives and includes other provisions to boost college affordability and federally funded research. The bill will now be sent to the Senate, where it …
UW–Madison supports increasing the maximum Pell Grant each year, beginning in federal fiscal year (FY) 2021 and reaching a maximum award of $13,000 by FY 2024.
This post-election update from the UW–Madison Office of Federal Relations previews the Biden Administration, the lame duck session, and the 117th Congress, as of November 10, 2020.
Part one of a two-part election update from UW–Madison's Office of Federal Relations.