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January 6 – Congress returns this week to kickoff the second session of the 116th Congress. The White House plans to release the Fiscal 2021 President’s Budget on February 10. Lawmakers are expected to begin accepting appropriations requests and priorities that same week.

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December 20 – President Trump has signed into law the two Fiscal 2020 spending packages, which includes the Defense Appropriations bill. Congress now looks to begin work on FY 2021 appropriations in late January / early February of 2020.

December 12 – The House calendar for 2020 is here, and for the Senate calendar, click here.

November 18 – House and Senate staff are optimistic that party leaders will be able to reach an agreement on the final policy sticking points in time to beat the December 20 deadline.

October 17 – House and Senate leaders are still optimistic they’ll be able to move at least a few spending bills before the December 20 deadline of the current continuing resolution.

September 28 – The House and Senate have both passed the continuing resolution to extend Fiscal 2019 federal funding levels through December 20 in order to avoid another government shutdown. President Trump is expected to sign the bill into law before midnight tonight.