First roadblock to March stopgap measure removed
The chamber voted 68-13 to end debate on the motion to proceed to the shell legislative vehicle for the stopgap spending measure, which would run to March 1 for four of the dozen annual appropriations
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The chamber voted 68-13 to end debate on the motion to proceed to the shell legislative vehicle for the stopgap spending measure, which would run to March 1 for four of the dozen annual appropriations
Congressional leaders released text of the new short-term patch that would continue current spending rates for federal agencies through March 1 and March 8, keeping the same bifurcated deadline structure
House and Senate leaders have agreed to extend temporary government funding in two batches, through March 1 and March 8, according to a source familiar with the plan.
One option under consideration is a stopgap that would go until March 1, which would allow ample time for appropriators to get their work done.
The Trump administration announced in 2019 it was terminating a federal agreement to provide nearly $1 billion after the California High-Speed Rail Authority "failed to make reasonable progress on the
If all appropriations bills are not enacted by Jan. 1, the law’s statutory caps would reset to fiscal 2023 levels minus 1 percent.
Other extensions The measure would extend most lapsed farm bill programs through Sept. 30, 2024, retroactive to the beginning of this fiscal year on Oct. 1.Â
Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., to reduce White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s salary to $1.
During an interview on Fox’s "Sunday Morning Futures" program, Johnson appeared to endorse the mid-January CR option, paired with possibly moving up the start date of 1 percent across-the-board cuts in
At the same time, it wasn’t clear their Senate counterparts would have any better luck when that chamber votes on cloture at 1 p.m. Saturday.
James Lankford, R-Okla., that would automatically provide continuing appropriations if spending bills for the new fiscal year have not yet been enacted by Oct. 1.
After Labor Day, lawmakers will have just a few weeks to avert a partial government shutdown when current appropriations lapse on Oct. 1.
For the second consecutive year, Alaska is fourth in overall earmarks but No. 1 in per capita "congressionally directed spending," with about $633.88 per resident in the Senate bills.
Despite that 28 percent decline, to $858 million, California is still No. 1 among states in total earmarks.
Republican on the Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee, secured $465 million for her remote home state, a slight decrease from last year’s Senate bills but still enough to put her at No. 1.
No. 1 on the list is Energy-Water Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tenn., who secured $273.3 million, mostly for the Army Corps of Engineers’ Chickamauga Lock project in Chattanooga
Long-awaited return DeLauro brought back earmarks in the last Congress after a decadelong absence with renewed transparency rules, limiting earmark funding to no more than 1 percent of the budget and requiring
That figure is 1 percent below a continuing resolution at fiscal 2023 levels.
The public health emergency declaration ended in May and the clock for those recipients starts ticking again for work requirements and SNAP benefits on July 1.
However, the odds of disappointment are much greater for senators: appropriations leaders in both chambers have agreed to cap total earmarked dollars at 1 percent of overall discretionary spending.