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The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 is a $2.3 trillion [1] spending bill that combines $900 billion in stimulus relief for the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States with a $1.4 trillion omnibus spending bill for the 2021 federal fiscal year (combining 12 separate annual appropriations bills) and prevents a government shutdown.
A budget resolution for the 2021 fiscal year began to be considered by the 117th United States Congress in February 2021. As appropriations for the fiscal year had already been approved, the budget resolution's main purpose was to begin the budget reconciliation process to allow a COVID-19 pandemic relief bill to be passed without the possibility of being blocked by a filibuster.
When Congress does not or cannot produce separate bills in a timely fashion, it will roll many of the separate appropriations bills into one omnibus spending bill. [ 1 ] : 61 The deadline could be the start of the next fiscal year, October 1, or it could be some other deadline when appropriations would otherwise run out (such as a deadline set ...
Lawmakers early Thursday morning released the text of a $1.2 trillion government funding bill negotiated by the White House and leaders of both parties to avoid a partial government shutdown this ...
The administration then decided to push several large, unpaid-for bills. Riedl lists some: "$1.4 trillion in new spending in omnibus appropriations bills, $620 billion in student loan bailouts ...
The Senate on Thursday passed a short-term funding bill that punts Friday’s government shutdown deadline through next week as negotiators race to patch together a larger government funding deal ...
Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 H.J.Res. 110: Dec 21, 2020 Dec 28, 2020 Continuing resolution Further Extension of Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 H.R. 1520: Dec 27, 2020 Sep 30, 2021 Omnibus bill Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021: H.R. 133: 2022 United States federal budget: Oct 1, 2021 Dec 3, 2021 Continuing resolution
Every federal fiscal year begins on Oct. 1, but Congress has not funded the government through the traditional method of passing 12 separate appropriations bills by that deadline since the late 1990s.