House and Senate Back at Work
The House and Senate both return to work today from the August recess. While health care reform continues to hold the spotlight, the two chambers must also work on other issues, notably the FY2010 appropriations bills. The current fiscal year (FY2009) ends at midnight on September 30.
The House has passed all 12 FY2010 appropriations bills while the Senate has passed four. None of those four has emerged from conference committee yet. The Library of Congress’ Thomas site has a handy list showing the status of all the appropriations bills. The new fiscal year begins in three weeks. It is unlikely that all the bills will be enacted by then, so a Continuing Resolution (CR) can be expected to keep government agencies operating if their FY2010 appropriations bill is not yet in force.
The appropriations bill that includes NASA and NOAA (the Commerce, Justice, Science bill, H.R. 2847) is awaiting floor action in the Senate. The Department of Defense appropriations bill is scheduled for markup by the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, September 9, at 10:30 am in 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building.
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