House Democrats Surrender on Border Supplemental

This week saw the struggle over and then enactment of supplemental appropriations for the current fiscal year to address the inflow of migrants on the U.S.-Mexico border. Yesterday, the Congress sent the $4.5 billion “Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act, 2019” (H.R. 3401) to the White House. It … Continue reading House Democrats Surrender on Border Supplemental →

Appropriations State of Play

The House is on the verge of finishing work on its 12 appropriations bills while the Senate has passed only a supplemental appropriations bill and will bring another to the floor. Absent an imminent breakthrough on the caps on discretionary spending for FY 2020 and 2021, the word for appropriations will be “impasse” until the … Continue reading Appropriations State of Play →