Issue / Appropriations
Congress Clears CR to Dec. 16 After Removing Manchin Permitting Reforms
Sep 30, 2022 | Jeff DavisCongress has cleared an eleven-week continuing resolution (CR) providing stopgap appropriations for the fiscal year that starts at...
Manchin Permitting Reforms Revealed; Senate Test Vote on Tuesday
Sep 23, 2022 | Jeff DavisSen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) has finally released the text of his environmental permitting reform bill, which Congressional leaders have...
GAO Finds That – Surprise! – Senior Appropriators Get More Earmarks
Sep 23, 2022 | Jeff DavisIn the fiscal 2022 appropriations cycle, Congress resurrected the practice of earmarking individual projects for themselves in the...
Still No Clarity on Stopgap Continuing Appropriations
Sep 16, 2022 | Jeff DavisToday is September 16, which means that fiscal year 2022 expires two weeks from today. Usually, by this point in time, we have some...
White House Requests RAISE Grant Extension, Extra Corps Funding in CR
Sep 05, 2022 | Jeff DavisContinuing its recent practice of waiting as late as possible on Friday afternoon to send out its news announcements, the White House...
Summary Tables for FY 2023 Senate DOT Appropriations Act
Jul 29, 2022 | Jeff DavisThis is version 1.0 of our summary tables for the Senate's Department of Transportation appropriations bill for fiscal year...
Senate Releases FY23 Corps of Engineers Funding While Passing WRDA Bill
Jul 29, 2022 | Jeff DavisYesterday, the Senate took two separate steps forward on funding and policy direction for the water resources program of the U.S. Army...
Leahy Unveils Senate Democrats’ Appropriations Plans for Fiscal 2023
Jul 29, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Patrick Leahy (D-VT), yesterday announced his approach to funding the federal...
House Passes FY23 Appropriations Package WIth Little Debate
Jul 22, 2022 | Jeff DavisThis week, the House of Representatives passed a $763 billion package of six appropriations bills for fiscal year 2023, including the...
Appropriations Package With FY23 DOT Funding Headed to House Floor Next Week
Jul 15, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe House of Representatives is scheduled to take up the Transportation-HUD appropriations bill for fiscal year 2023 as part of a...
Several Major Fiscal Issues Left for Congress in 2022, but Not Much Time
Jul 01, 2022 | Jeff DavisThe 117th Congress expires at noon on January 3, 2023. While this appears to be six months from now on a normal calendar, this is a...
Full Committee OKs FY23 Transportation-HUD Funding Bill
Jul 01, 2022 | Jeff DavisYesterday afternoon, the House Appropriations Committee, by voice vote, approved the bill providing annual funding for the Department...