Hearings Schedules,
Status of Legislation
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Status
of all bills and acts
FY 2005 appropriations status
Appropriations for other years |
Best single
source for this information, by the Library of
Congress (LOC). The pages on appropriations list each appropriation
and its status, with links to reports. This page is very useful in
researching the details of each bill as they make
their way through the steps of the process; links
take you to other LOC pages. Updates are
generally timely, but may lag by more than a day
from the actual events. No weekend updates. |
See note on
the House and Senate sites.
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| House
Committee on Appropriations |
The most useful
part of this site is the page on press releases -
it usually states what the House
actions have been, with a summary of what the
numbers are at that point. As the
steps in the process change, information on
upcoming hearings is also available. |
| Senate
Committee on Appropriations |
This is a well
organized page, with links to sub-committees and
other relevant information. Unfortunately,
most of the links lead to pages that are only
place holders at the web site. |
| House
appropriations hearings schedule |
Provides
hearings dates and places by week or by
sub-committee. |
| House Budget
Committee |
A site clearly
controlled by the Majority. |
| Senate
Budget Committee |
This page gives
access to the Majority's web site. |
| Thomas |
Status of
appropriations bills, as well as other
legislation and many other government matters.
(It is best if you start
searching with a bill or public law number in
hand. You can get this information from the
LOC appropriations status page
or the appropriations committee sites.) |
| Note: The House and Senate
appropriations sites are mixed sources of
information. Whether or not the information
is useful depends on the steps of the process
that Congress is engaged in. You have to
look for what may be relevant at any one
time. The two sites have a different
structure, with different information.
During the hearings and reviews of the budget
request, the more useful information can be found
in the sub-committee pages, which can be reached
from the main pages. |
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Current
Budget Developments Information
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| Washington
Post special report on major budget issues. |
The Post's
special reports concentrate on specific matters
of interest, such as budget or social
security. The budget deficit/surplus is
well explained here. Major articles related
to the budget (many carried on the front page)
are later linked to this page.
(Daily developments related to appropriations are not
linked to this page. They are buried in the
inside pages; for these, search the other
sections of the paper, through the next link.) |
| Washington
Post |
The Post
covers Federal government activities, including
budget and appropriations developments.
For daily developments related to quickly
changing events, check the Nation or Politics
sections. |
| Government
Executive |
Articles on timely issues that affect
Federal government operations, including budget issues.
Updated daily. |
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