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Another Continuing Resolution Introduced to Prevent Government Shutdown, Cut $12 billion in Spending
House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers today introduced another temporary funding measure – known as a Continuing Resolution (CR) – to prevent a government shutdown for an additional week while cutting a total of $12 billion in discretionary spending. The measure also includes funding for the Department of Defense for the remainder of the current fiscal year.
House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers today called on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to put aside political games and budget gimmicks to come to a final budget agreement that includes real, substantive spending cuts to help put the nation on a more sustainable fiscal path.
The statement by Chairman Rogers follows:
The House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies has issued instructions for Members and Outside Witness Testimony for Fiscal Year 2012.
These instructions can be found here: /_files/OutsideWitnessInstructionsAgApprops.pdf
Supplemental “deal” just another budget gimmick
Lewis Introduces H.R. 6026 – A Clean Supplemental to Provide Troop Funding Without Strings and Extraneous Spending
Fuzzy Math and Funny Rules –
Democrats seek to hide true cost of supplemental spending bill
Ranking Member Lewis announces intent to offer Senate FISA bill as part of the emergency war supplemental
WAR COSTS: What we get for the money
WASHINGTON, D.C. – According the Democrat majority on the House Appropriations Committee, the war in Iraq is costing our country $339 million every day.