Appropriations Watch: FY 2020
Updated 9/30/2019: Congress did not complete action on appropriations before the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. The House passed a...
Appropriations
Will Thanksgiving Appropriations Be Stuffed with Debt?
Having just enacted a continuing resolution last week to extend current government funding through November 21, policymakers must now work toward the...
Lawmakers Should Offset Latest Disaster Relief Package
Yesterday, the Senate voted to appropriate an additional $19 billion in disaster relief to aid the damage caused by wildfires, hurricanes,...
Proposed Budget Plan Would Cost Over $2 Trillion
In lieu of a budget resolution, the House Budget Committee has put forward a bill to increase discretionary spending caps by $358 billion over...
Appropriations Watch: FY 2019
Here is a link to the Appropriations Watch for FY 2020.
Congress passed full appropriations for the remaining seven appropriations bills...
The Government Shutdown Could Wipe Out Recent Stimulus Effects on This Quarter
The current government shutdown has lasted long enough to temporarily erase all the positive stimulus effects of recent major legislation. ...
The Shutdown's Economic Toll Equals the Average Hurricane
The current government shutdown is the economic equivalent of a self-imposed natural disaster. As the 32nd day of the longest government shutdown in...
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...