Appropriations Watch: FY 2019
Last Updated 12/7/2018
A "minibus" of three bills (Energy & Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction & VA) was conferenced...
Appropriations
Appropriations Process Still Broken
For Immediate Release
Congress has passed a minibus appropriations bill containing two of the 12 appropriations bills and a continuing resolution...
Co-Chair Lowey Proposes Reforms to the JSC
The Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform (JSC) continues to work on its recommendations, which are due at the end of...
We Need Functional, Not Budget-Busting, Bipartisanship
The House and Senate appear to be moving through the appropriations process better and faster than any time in at least the last nine years. Congress...
Have Deficit Projections Doubled Because of the Tax Bill and BBA 2018?
Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) appeared on Fox Business this morning, where he was asked about CRFB's analysis...
Policymakers Should Support Deficit Reduction in Financial Services Spending Bill
For Immediate Release
The House is expected to vote this week on a minibus appropriations bill that includes the Financial Services and General...
Letter to the Veterans Affairs Conference Committee
Below is a letter from CRFB President Maya MacGuineas to the conferees appointed to negotiate between the House and Senate versions of the Veterans...
Does the Rescissions Bill Cut $15 Billion in Spending?
The President recently updated and revised his request to rescind some spending, removing some cuts from the proposal and clarifying others. The...
The Omnibus Spent More than Either Side Asked For
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (BBA) increased this year's discretionary spending caps by a whopping $143 billion, paving the way for a 13 percent...
Omnibus Spends $110 Billion Above New Budget Caps
Last week's omnibus spending bill enacted a 13 percent increase in base appropriations, spending virtually all of the additional $143 billion allowed...