On May 21, the House approved allocations, known as 302(b)s, for fiscal 2014 appropriations. The Democratic staff of the House Appropriations Committee has released a table comparing the allocation for each bill to current spending (both before and after the sequester) and to the president’s 2014 budget. read more...
The continuing resolution currently funding the federal government is set to expire near the end of this month, and now both chambers have offered up plans for extending budget authority through the end of this fiscal year. read more...
Last week, President Barack Obama asked Congress for $60.4 billion in emergency assistance for communities affected by superstorm Sandy. The request includes appropriations for dozens of specific accounts in 19 departments and agencies, which are covered by ten of the twelve appropriations subcommittees. read more...
Even during election years, it used to be commonplace for Congress to finish its work on appropriations, if not before the Sept. 30 deadline than at least before the new Congress assumed power in January. In two out the three last election cycles, however, the majority of annual spending bills were never completed, and scores of federal agencies were left operating through continuing resolutions for the entire budget year. read more...
The House Appropriations Committee has approved up 11 of the 12 regular spending bills for next fiscal year, and is likely to mark up the last sometime next week. The Senate has marked up 7 of the 12 bills in committee but has not yet brought one to the floor. By clicking on an individual bill, you can compare spending levels from the current fiscal year and the president’s request to what the House and Senate have proposed for fiscal 2013. read more...
The graph shows new discretionary budget authority (appropriations) for the entire federal government and for defense programs, historically and as limited by the 2011 debt limit law. With the sequester set to take effect in January, lawmakers are talking about delaying these additional cuts or replacing them with savings they find more palatable. read more...
As the chart above shows, Congress has missed the statutory Sept. 30 appropriations deadline for more than a decade, instead relying on continuing resolutions to keep the government from shutting down until the final bills are enacted. read more...
On May 21, the House approved allocations, known as 302(b)s, for fiscal 2014 appropriations. The Democratic…
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