Appropriations
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Rep. Grothman Introduces Bill to Enforce FY 2026-2029 Spending Caps
Read moreRepresentative 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
Read moreThis paper has been updated here. What are appropriations? How does Congress determine the total level of appropriations? How does Congress allocate...
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House Appropriations Committee Publishes FY 2024 Community Project Funding Requests
Read moreIn 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
Read moreThe 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
Read moreEach 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
Read moreLast 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
Read moreThe 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
Read moreNote: For the latest fiscal year, click here . Updated 1/3/2023: The President signed the FY 2023 omnibus appropriations bill on Thursday, Dec. 29...
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What's in the FY 2023 Omnibus Bill?
Read moreUpdate (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
Read moreAs 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
Read moreThis 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
Read moreCongressional negotiators are apparently discussing a Fiscal Year 2023 omnibus appropriations bill of $1.65 trillion or higher, which would represent...