The federal government is currently operating under a short-term continuing resolution (CR) through December 16 as Congress was unable to negotiate final spending legislation for FY2023 before the end of the current fiscal year causing most federal agencies to remain funded at their FY2022 levels. Lawmakers will be out on recess through the November election and will need to reach an agreement when they return to avoid another CR. SfN is calling on Congress to pass federal funding legislation in a timely manner and not resort to long-term CRs that stagnate federal funding for research. Send your Representative and Senators a message via SfN's Advocacy Action Center and personalize it by including why robust and timely federal funding is critical to your research and necessary to advance our understanding of the brain<.