2011, the annual budget amount for the LSC was $420 million. In early 2011, House now-majority Republican proposed a $75 million reduction in that current-year amount, while Obama's suggestion budget proposed a $30 million increase for the subsequent year. On December 16, 2014, President Obama signed into law the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act for FY 2015 that includes $375 million for LSC. Trump era From its inception in 2017, President Trump's administration repeatedly called for the elimination of funding for LSC. LSC has strong bipartisan support on behalf of robust funding for LSC. External stakeholders, including members of the legal and business communities, state attorneys general, and law school deans across the country sent letters to the House and Senate appropriations committees advocating for robust funding for LSC. They included: 252 General Counsels from some of the largest American businesses, including Apple, American Express, Google, Walmart, General Motors, and Walt Disney. 181 law firms from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The Conference of Chief Justices and the Conference of State Court Administrators. 41 bipartisan state Attorneys General. 167 Deans of law schools. In addition, 209 members of the House of Representatives signed a bipartisan letter in support of funding for LSC, the largest number in history, and 46 bipartisan Senators signed a similar letter in support of funding for LSC. Ultimately, Trump signed into law increases in LSC funding during his tenure. Throughout Trump's presidency, Congress increased LSC's funding such that it eventually reached $490 million in Fiscal Year 2020, aided partly by a $50 million emergency supplement from the CARES Act. In the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Congress appropriated $465 million in Fiscal Year 2021 for LSC; this amount was an increase of $25 million over LSC's baseline appropriation (without the CARES Act supplement) of $440 million in the prior fiscal year. Biden era In 2021, President Joe Biden proposed a $600 million budget appropriation for LSC. In March 2022, Congress passed an FY2022 appropriations bill in which they allocated $489 million to LSC. Later in 2022, LSC asked for $1.26 billion for Fiscal Year 2023 and Biden proposed $700 million. Ultimately, for FY2023, Congress passed an FY2023 approprations bill in which they allocated $560 million to LSC, the highest ever real dollar amount appropriated to LSC. Restrictions Due to the up-and-down nature of LSC's political history, there are many restrictions on lobbying, advocacy,