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for the Senate that Roll Call couldn’t find another instance of that chamber jumping ahead of the House in passing spending bills dating back to 1976, when the start of the fiscal year moved from July 1
[jwp-video n=”1″] Rep. Ken Calvert said appropriators “may need a little extra time” before they can put together an omnibus spending bill.
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.