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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.
The United States federal budget for fiscal year 2022 ran from October 1, 2021, to September 30, 2022. The government was initially funded through a series of four temporary continuing resolutions . The final funding package was passed as an omnibus spending bill , the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 .
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) is a non-profit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C. that addresses federal budget and fiscal issues. It was founded in 1981 by former United States Representative Robert Giaimo (D-CT) and United States Senator Henry Bellmon (R-OK), [2] and its board of directors includes past heads of the House and Senate Budget Committees ...
The MSNBC opinion host noted that funding for the Gateway Program, which has a total estimated cost of $16.1 billion, was made possible by Biden’s infrastructure bill which was signed into law ...
Live coverage: Senate sends bill to avert shutdown to Biden’s desk December 21, 2024 at 12:44 AM The Senate has sent a stopgap government funding bill to President Biden’s desk, averting a ...
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The $740.5 billion bill authorizes $636.4 billion for the Pentagon's base budget, $25.9 billion for national security programs within the Department of Energy, and $69 billion for the Overseas Contingency Operations account, a war fund that is not subject to budget caps. [7] As an authorization bill, these amounts are non-binding.
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.