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Admin October 09, 2025
The federal government entered a shutdown on Wednesday, October 1, after Congress failed to pass the twelve fiscal year 2026 appropriations bills or enact a stopgap funding measure—known as a Continuing Resolution or "CR." While most federal operations stop or are paused, certain e...
Admin October 28, 2025
NEFI issues industry coalition letter as the government shutdown causes regional delays in LIHEAP On behalf of America’s heating fuel and home comfort businesses, the National Energy & Fuels Institute (NEFI) has submitted a formal l...
Admin November 14, 2025
The U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan agreement Monday night aimed at ending the 43-day federal government shutdown. The measure cleared the chamber with a 60–40 vote and now heads to the House for consideration. Speaker Johnson has called members back to W...
Admin November 18, 2025
Now that the federal government has reopened, NEFI has received confirmation that staff at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the agency that manages the national LIHEAP program, have resumed work and are actively working to expedite the re...