The nitty-gritty of the fiscal year 2010 spending process is getting under way. By the beginning of the new fiscal year October 1st, Congress is supposed to pass twelve appropriations bills, spending the money in the U.S. treasury on all the operations of the government for the year.
Last week, the House passed the H.R. [...]
The Commerce, Justice, Science appropriations bill (H.R. 2847) has a cost estimate – and it’s heading for the House floor today, or at least this week.
The bill would spend about $685 per U.S. family on operations of the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice, and various science-related agencies.
The back story here is an obnoxious email that a PR flack at the Small Business Administration sent me.
In, like, 53-point italics, it said I should “call to interview the award winners and discuss the event.” I didn’t know what the event was – the subject line of the email was: “SBA Press Release:” – [...]
Here’s one I just never imagined the federal government might take responsibility for: bedbugs.
That’s right. No issue is too small for your Congress to handle. But seriously, judging from the comments so far on H.R. 6068, the Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite Act of 2008, people think bedbugs are a problem that [...]