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 [...]
I’ve been poring over the earmark request data we collected in our big contest, and working to correlate it to the earmarks that made it into bills. It’s slow going, so far . . .
But the excitement level sure builds when you take a look at what the money’s going to!
Do you have your tickets [...]
The House Transpartation/Housing and Urban Development spending bill, which is being debated on the House floor right now, would spend about $1,300 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 [...]
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 [...]
We’ve updated the FY 2009 Budget and Spending Process page once again, 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:
Energy and Water Development – $315.09
Financial Services and General Government [...]