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came as senior lawmakers and the White House try to agree on a stopgap measure to fund government programs and agencies into the new fiscal year and avert a shutdown, which would otherwise occur on Oct. 1.
Bennett and Thomas McKinless [jwp-video n=”1″] Roll Call’s White House reporter John T.
The last time not a single CR was needed was two decades ago, in 1996, because Congress had enacted every one of the regular spending bills by the start of the new fiscal year on Oct. 1.
By Thomas McKinless and David Hawkings [jwp-video n=”1″] Roll Call Senior Congressional Editor David Hawkings breaks down Congress’ favorite budgetary procrastination tool: the continuing
By David Hawkings and Thomas McKinless [jwp-video n=”1″] With Congress back in action, Senior Congressional Editor David Hawkings previews what the House and Senate must get done
That includes deciding how to fund the government into the next fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1, and how to address the House Freedom Caucus’s request for a vote on impeaching the IRS commissioner.
Fall Forecast: What to Look for as Congress Returns [jwp-video n=”1″] The consequence for the Republicans who run the Capitol might not be as clear until after the standoff ends.
Fall Forecast: The Senate Returns [jwp-video n=”1″] Though senators will take up some of those issues in the coming months, much attention will remain focused on the campaign trail, particularly
[jwp-video n=”1″] Fauci’s team has relied on reprogrammed dollars shuffled between government accounts, including last week’s reallocation of some $34 million within the NIH by Health and Human
The bill would also bankroll medical research not requested by the administration and a $1 billion National Guard and Reserve equipment procurement account that the White House has said is not necessary
Total funding is $1 billion below the administration’s budget request. California Republican Rep.
A continuing resolution keeping the government running past the Oct. 1 start of fiscal 2017 now appears all but certain.
Nearly every year over that period, Congress has relied on a continuing resolution to start the new fiscal year Oct. 1 when the prior year’s funding expires.
[jwp-video n=”1″] Dozens of socially conservative members could not abide the provision.
By Thomas McKinless and David Hawkings [jwp-video n=”1″] Flashback: Roll Call Senior Editor makes his predictions for how the budget process will go in 2016.
By Thomas McKinless [jwp-video n=”1″] Speaker Paul D.
By Thomas McKinless and John Bennett [jwp-video n=”1″] The White House is signaling it would not block a short-term spending bill to avert a government shutdown should lawmakers need
By JM Rieger and Emma Dumain [jwp-video n=”1″] In pursuing a departure from “business as usual,” Speaker Paul D.
By JM Rieger and Niels Lesniewski [jwp-video n=”1″] Senate Democrats have no interest in discussing a budget deal until the threat of a debt default is off the table.
By Thomas McKinless [jwp-video n=”1″] CQ Roll Call Senior Editor David Hawkings breaks down Congress’ favorite budgetary procrastination tool: the continuing resolution.