The Disability Policy Collaboration's Capital Insider reports that the House Appropriations Committee will markup the Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill on June 7. This is the appropriations bill that includes Social Security. The markup is being done without any hearing about Social Security's budget. I do not know what the lack of a hearing means, but it surprises me. Has this ever happened before?
The Capital Insider also reports that Republicans in the House of Representatives are circulating a letter in hopes of obtaining enough signatures of Republicans who will vote to sustain a veto by President Bush of any spending bill that exceeds the spending levels in the President's budget. This could bring about extended fights over many appropriations bills.
The Capital Insider also reports that Republicans in the House of Representatives are circulating a letter in hopes of obtaining enough signatures of Republicans who will vote to sustain a veto by President Bush of any spending bill that exceeds the spending levels in the President's budget. This could bring about extended fights over many appropriations bills.
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Yes, it's unusual. But the Dems have promised to get all appropriation bills finished before the start of the FY, and part of doing that is getting them through the two chambers before the July 4 recess. Besides, the actual hearings do not elicit very much in the way of useful info; the staff has the Congressional Justifications and the issues are well known.
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