Newsletter: March 20, 2013
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2013
VOLUME 2 | ISSUE 46
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What the Budget Resolution Is, and Isn’t
By John Haskell, Senior Fellow
As the House and Senate Budget Committees process their respective versions of the budget resolution this month, it’s useful to remind ourselves exactly what this document is about. And what it isn’t about. Here’s a quick and dirty primer: Upcoming GAI Course(s): Preparing and Delivering Congressional Testimony April 4 – 5, 2013 Federal officials must, on occasion, provide testimony before congressional committees. In order to be most effective in representing agency programs, testimony needs to be prepared and delivered with a clear understanding of the complexities of the congressional hearing process. Working and Communicating More Effectively with Congress April 2 – 3, 2013 This 2-day workshop will provide an in-depth understanding of the relationships between executive branch officials and congressional staff, as well as the specific skills needed to be most effective in this environment. Director’s Desk The continuing resolution (CR) that passed in the House on March 6 was expected to easily pass in the Senate last week (wait a minute; did I just say “easily pass in the Senate”?). Both bills would fund the government at sequester level spending through September 30. The Senate version adds three additional appropriations bills to the House version, which had two. But it has yet to pass in the upper chamber, where Senators have attempted to attach no fewer than 100 amendments to what was supposed to be a relatively clean bill, and have demanded There was bipartisan agreement to pass the CR quickly, so that both The opinions expressed here are the author’s and do not necessarily reflect those of the Government Affairs Institute. The information that you provide will only be used for internal reasons. The Government Affairs Institute does not rent or sell any information to outside organizations or persons.
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