When is nothing happening newsworthy? How about when Congress spends thousands of dollars per U.S. family without oversight.

With just over two weeks to go before the beginning of the new fiscal year October 1st, neither the House or the Senate have introduced all the annual spending bills, and none have passed into law.

These are bills that Congress would use to decide how hundreds of billions of dollars are spent. Our page tracking the fiscal year 2009 budget and spending process is here.

With the annual spending process in collapse, Congress is likely to pass a series of “continuing resolutions,” ad hoc spending bills that essentially leave the government on autopilot. Yet congressional leaders have signaled for some time that their plan is to let the spending process lapse this way.

Here’s a look at how things stand as of today. The House of Representatives, which has a constitutional obligation to “originate” spending bills, has introduced . . . just . . . one:

Agriculture
- House: no bill introduced
- Senate: S. 3289, The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 – $825.25

Commerce/Justice/Science
- House: no bill introduced
-Senate: S. 3182, The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 – $558.71

Defense
-House: no bill introduced
-Senate: no bill introduced

Energy & Water
- House: no bill introduced
- Senate: S. 3258, The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 – $314.83

Financial Services
- House: no bill introduced
-Senate: S. 3260, The Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2009 – $424.71

Homeland Security
- House: no bill introduced
- Senate: S. 3181, The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2009 – $425.20

Interior
- House: no bill introduced
-Senate: no bill introduced

Labor/HHS/Education
- House: no bill introduced
-Senate: S. 3230, The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 – $6,118.99

Legislative Branch
- House: no bill introduced
- Senate: no bill introduced

Military Veterans
- House: H.R. 6599, The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2009 – $1,071.25
-Senate: S. 3301, The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 – $1,080.73

State/Foreign Operations
- House: no bill introduced
- Senate: S. 3288, The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2009 – $357.88

Transportation/HUD
- House: no bill introduced
- Senate: S. 3261, The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 – $1,110.43