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Federal shutdown and recent reconciliation package leave Fairfax uncertain on grants, tax credits and energy incentives
Summary
Lobbyists from the Ferguson Group briefed the committee on federal uncertainty — a continuing resolution fight tied to Affordable Care Act subsidies and a recently enacted reconciliation package containing tax and energy provisions — and explained that grant impacts are agency‑ and program‑specific; staff will follow up on local grant exposure and
Representatives from the Ferguson Group told the committee that a continuing federal government shutdown and a recently enacted budget/reconciliation package have created uncertainty for programs Fairfax relies on, but that specific impacts vary by agency and program. The federal presenters said the length of any shutdown determines how much local programs and federal employees are affected.
The federal team highlighted several provisions in the enacted reconciliation bill that could affect local priorities: changes to SNAP and Medicaid implementation timing,…
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