Field Notes

Notes from the field

Shaun Brown · Founder, Apogee

First-person walk-throughs of live policy events - markups, passbacks, hearings, advocacy playbooks - narrated through Apogee's own tools. Published when there's a story worth telling. Written by someone who spent 11 years building software inside the House of Representatives.

Apr 20, 2026·7 min read

FY27 Labor-HHS: who moves it, who blocks it

A working walk-through of an FY27 Labor-HHS appropriations ask using Apogee - who to call, what they've done before, where Apogee can help, and where it still can't.

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