A running record of policy as it moves: introductions, committee stages, consultation windows, final rules and statutory guidance. Entries carry dates, responsible bodies and closing deadlines. Built for government affairs staff, association analysts and anyone who must respond to a consultation before it shuts.
A running record of policy as it moves: introductions, committee stages, consultation windows, final rules and statutory guidance. Entries carry dates, responsible bodies and closing deadlines. Built for government affairs staff, association analysts and anyone who must respond to a consultation before it shuts.
An executive order binds the executive branch it runs — it cannot appropriate money, amend statutes, or outlive judicial review, and the record proves all three limits weekly.
Valentina Sokolov · May 2, 2026
The partial request released the week of March 30 proposes roughly $73 billion in non-defense reductions — a number that now faces the appropriations committees' own arithmetic.
Valentina Sokolov · April 9, 2026
The statutory deadline of February 2 came and went without a full President's budget — a deadline with no penalty, which is precisely why it slips.
Valentina Sokolov · March 17, 2026
July 2025's reconciliation law lifted the ceiling to $41.1 trillion, pushing the next binding deadline toward 2027 — while the borrowing that refills the room continues on schedule.
Valentina Sokolov · February 23, 2026
Twice a year agencies publish their regulatory to-do lists, and the document's predictive value depends on reading the stages, not the press releases.
Henrik Larsen · January 31, 2026