House Appropriations Committee (HAC) chairman Harold Rogers (R-KY) introduced a FY2014 Continuing Resolution (CR) that would fund government agencies through December 15. The full House could take up the CR as early as tomorrow. The proposed CR (H.J. Res 59) would provide total funding for government agencies to keep the government operating between October 1 and [...]
Understanding the Sequester webinar
DoD civilian employees will not be receiving furlough notices today as originally planned. DoD Press Secretary George Little said in a press release yesterday the delay of about two weeks would give the department time to “carefully analyze the impact of pending continuing resolution legislation.” Furlough notices are now expected be sent out around April [...]
Yesterday, the House agreed (318-109) to the Senate-passed (73-26) FY2013 Continuing Resolution (CR) that funds the government through the end of the fiscal year. This rare show of bipartisan congressional action averted a possible government shutdown next week. The president is expected to sign the bill House Appropriation Committee Chair Harold Rogers (R-KY) said “I’m [...]
Yesterday, the House passed a FY2013 appropriations bill (H.R. 933) that would keep the government operating through the end of the fiscal year. The final vote was 267-151, as 53 Democrats joined 214 Republicans in supporting the bill. The bill provides $982 billion to fund the government for FY2013, $65 billion below the discretionary spending [...]
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has issued guidance setting the rules under which agencies will operate during the FY2013 Continuing Resolution (CR), enacted in late September (H.J. Res. 117). Under this guidance, OMB will apportion (distribute funds to agencies to be available for obligation) funds automatically to appropriations accounts during the CR period, [...]
Today the president signed a FY2013 Continuing Resolution (CR) that will fund the government through March 27, 2013. The six-month CR was passed by the House and Senate before adjourning late last week for the November elections. Congress is expected to return the week of November 18 for a lame duck session. The CR (H.J. [...]
The Senate early Sunday morning passed (62-30) a six-month Continuing Resolution for FY2013. The House passed the CR the previous week so the bill now goes to the president who has indicated he will sign it. After completing action on the CR, the Senate joined the House in adjourning until after the November election. Sen. [...]
Today the House passed a Continuing Resolution (CR) for the first six months of FY2013 (H.J. Res 117). Working quickly, without the partisanship and acrimony that has characterized much of the 112th Congress, the House passed the CR by a vote of 329-91. The CR will keep the government operating until March 27, 2013. The [...]
When Congress returns next week only three weeks will remain until the beginning of the new fiscal year and eight weeks until the election. That means passing the long-term FY2013 Continuing Resolution will probably be the only major legislative action completed before Congress leaves for the final weeks of campaigning. In August, House and Senate [...]