Appropriations
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Rep. Grothman Introduces Bill to Enforce FY 2026-2029 Spending Caps
Representative Glenn Grothman (R-WI) recently introduced the Enforce the Caps Act in the House, along with nearly a dozen co-sponsors. The legislation...
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Appropriations 101
What are appropriations? How does Congress determine the total level of appropriations? How does Congress allocate appropriations? How are...
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House Appropriations Committee Publishes FY 2024 Community Project Funding Requests
In an effort to improve transparency around the appropriations process, the House Appropriations Committee recently centralized a list of Fiscal Year...
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Putting the Limit, Save, Grow Act in Context
The Limit, Save, Grow Act would reduce deficits by about $4.5 trillion over the next decade, with $3.2 trillion of those savings coming from caps to...
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Build Your Own Discretionary Budget
Each year, Congress must pass a new set of appropriations bills to fund the discretionary side of the budget and avoid a government shutdown. There...
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Prevent Government Shutdowns Act of 2023 Introduced in the Senate
Last week, Senators James Lankford (R-OK), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and a bipartisan group of nine additional senators reintroduced the Prevent...
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FY 2023 Omnibus Means Over $700 Billion Boost to Baseline Spending
The recently-passed Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 omnibus appropriations package will substantially boost appropriations levels this fiscal year and into the...
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Appropriations Watch: FY 2023
Updated 1/3/2023: The President signed the FY 2023 omnibus appropriations bill on Thursday, Dec. 29. The House passed the measure by a 221-205-1 vote...
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What's in the FY 2023 Omnibus Bill?
Update (2/3/2023): This piece has been updated with a more complete analysis of the bill as scored by the Congressional Budget Office. Policymakers...
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End-of-Year Changes Need Offsets
As policymakers continue to negotiate a possible omnibus appropriations bill, there is also discussion of attaching a variety of revenue and mandatory...
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Q&A: Everything You Should Know About Government Shutdowns
This paper has been updated here. The new fiscal year (FY) began on October 1, 2022, and Congress has so far enacted none of the 12 appropriations...
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Congress Should Avoid Budget-Busting Omnibus
Congressional negotiators are apparently discussing a Fiscal Year 2023 omnibus appropriations bill of $1.65 trillion or higher, which would represent...