Congress didn’t finish the annual spending process by the beginning of the new fiscal year October 1st. It has passed some of the bills that run the government, but most of the government has been running on temporary spending measures, called “continuing resolutions.”
Here’s a run-down of the action so far:
On October 1st, the Legislative Branch [...]
There are amazing similarities between human genes and the gene structure of other creatures.
But you have something more in common with the catfish than you may have known. Congress wants you to pay to map the catfish genome.
Representative Mike D. Rogers (R-AL) requested $1,250,000 in the agriculture spending bill for fiscal 2010 for research on [...]
. . . with a Senate agriculture spending bill ($1,110), and a Senate military/veterans spending bill ($1,300).
The House Interior spending bill has been voted on in the relevant Senate committee. The new version of that bill costs $335 per U.S. family.
Congress is well into the process of passing the twelve spending bills that dictate federal government spending for the 2010 fiscal year, which begins October 1, 2009. We’ve produced a table to track the House and Senate bills, their costs, and votes on them, as well as votes on final passage of the compromise [...]
Over the weekend we reported on the annual spending process getting into full swing. Well, it’s keepin’ on swingin’!
As I write the House is debating H.R. 2892, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010. That bill spends about $450 per U.S. family on running the DHS.
The House has already passed H.R. 2847, the [...]
With the drama of the election and the recent huge bailout and spending bills flying through Congress, it’s easy to forget the kajillions of little things the federal government is churning out all the time.
So here’s one that caught my eye – the Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) [...]
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 [...]
Once again, we’ve updated the FY 2009 Budget and Spending Process page with information on a few more of the annual spending bills that are now making their way through Congress.
The new additions, and their cost per family (at current interest rates and population figures), are:
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies [...]