Federal Budget & Appropriations
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Appropriations Update
Mark Harkins | November 4, 2019
Here we go again. To keep the government funded past the start of the fiscal year on October 1st, Congress passed a Continuing Resolution (CR) that lasts until November 21st. Over the last decade, during non-election years, it has taken, on average, SIX months into the fiscal year before all 12 appropriations bills have been
Back In Session
Laura Blessing | September 11, 2019
Congress is back in session, and all eyes are on the impending budget negotiations. The past month has not provided a respite from significant news. A number of mass shootings, border developments, and the clattering of the 2020 presidential aspirants reminds us that while Congress may have escaped the Potomac’s heat, the world does not
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- CRS Report: Introduction to the Federal Budget Process
- The Concord Coalition: The Federal Budget Now and in the Future (PDF)
- House Committee on the Budget
- House Committee on Appropriations
- House Committee on Ways and Means
- Senate Budget Committee
- Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Senate Committee on Finance
- The Government Accountability Office
- The Congressional Budget Office
- The Office of Management and Budget
- The Department of the Treasury