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 [...]
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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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]