by jpitney | Jan 29, 2026 | Appropriations, Budget, Congress
Don Wolfensberger: The delay in the government funding process is nothing new. According to “Vital Statistics on Congress,” in fiscal years 1977 through 2019, Congress enacted all 13 (now 12) regular appropriations bills only three times before the start of the fiscal...
by jpitney | Sep 30, 2025 | Appropriations, Budget, Congress
The Congressional Appropriations Process: Background and Potential Innovations By James C. Capretta, AEI Abstract: The courts should, and probably will, constrain the Trump administration’s aggressive push in 2025 to diminish Congress’s constitutional role in...
by jpitney | Feb 27, 2025 | Appropriations, Congress, Constitution, Elections, Separation of Powers, Transparency, Volunteering
Greg Ip at WSJ: Appropriations bills aren’t glamorous. But they are the one chance Congress gets each year to evaluate and direct the executive branch, said Eloise Pasachoff, a law professor at Georgetown University. “That’s why appropriations laws are thousands of...
by jpitney | Dec 28, 2024 | Appropriations, Congress, Oversight
Kevin D. Williamson at The DIspatch: “Getting spending under control” is only in part about debt and deficits—as important as those factors are. It also is about making sure that the money we do spend, we spend on things that are useful and productive. And that is why...
by jpitney | Jul 27, 2024 | Appropriations, civic virtue, Congress, House of Representatives
David Dreier and David Price at Newsweek: As millions of Americans emerge from the damage and devastation inflicted by Hurricane Beryl, which lashed the Texas Gulf Coast this month with terrifying winds and torrential rains, Congress is considering gutting one of the...
by jpitney | Jan 9, 2023 | Appropriations, Congress, House of Representatives, Public Service
Drew Friedman at the Federal News Network: The House Republicans’ proposed rules package for the 118th Congress aims to change several procedures around congressional operations, and one of those proposals holds particular significance for the federal workforce. ...
