Appropriations
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Better Budget Process Initiative: Automatic CRs Can Improve the Appropriations Process
Read moreA government shutdown could occur at the end of this month. This year’s appropriations process is at a standstill, and disagreement over further...
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Appropriations 101
Read moreNote: This paper has been updated. What are appropriations? How does Congress determine the total level of appropriations? How does Congress allocate...
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What's in the Fourth Coronavirus Package?
Read moreThe Senate yesterday passed the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act by unanimous consent. The bill is the fourth piece of...
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Families First Coronavirus Response Act Will Cost $192 Billion
Read moreLast week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) scored the Families First Coronavirus Response Act ( FFCRA), the second of three packages enacted so...
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What's in the $2 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Package?
Read moreUpdated on 4/21/2020 and 4/29/2020 to reflect the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) estimate and subsequent revisions. Lawmakers recently approved...
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Don’t Play Politics with the Coronavirus Response
Read moreFor Immediate Release Policymakers are currently drafting legislation to mitigate the economic damage caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic...
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Lawmakers Release Emergency Funding Request on Coronavirus
Read moreAppropriators released today their $8.3 billion emergency funding bill to deal with the Coronavirus outbreak, $5.8 billion more than the $2.5 billion...
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Appropriations Watch: FY 2020
Read moreUpdated 12/24/2019: Congress did not complete action on appropriations before the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. Congress enacted a continuing...
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Budget Deal Shows Bipartisan Failure of Leadership
Read moreFor Immediate Release Later today, President Trump is expected to sign into law a $1.4 trillion spending package, appropriated through two bipartisan...
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Spending Package Could Add $500 Billion to Debt
Read moreUpdate 12/17/19: CBO and JCT have now estimated the year-end spending package after a late-night addition by the House Rules Committee. The bill now...
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Q&A: Everything You Should Know About Government Shutdowns
Read moreThe fiscal year began on Oct. 1, 2019, and Congress has enacted none of 12 appropriations bills setting discretionary spending levels. Lawmakers have...
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The Prevent Government Shutdowns Act Will Not Cost $12.6 Trillion
Read moreThe Prevent Government Shutdowns Act (PGSA) would establish an automatic continuing resolution (auto-CR) to prevent shutdowns and would put into place...