Senate Appropriations Committee Reports Out $11.4 Billion Appropriation

I missed this earlier. The Senate Appropriations Committee has reported out an $11.4 billion appropriation for the Social Security Administration for fiscal year 2010, the amount recommended by the President, the same amount already passed by the entire House of Representatives. The matter now heads to the Senate floor and then to a Conference Committee. Even if the House and Senate pass the same amount for Social Security, a Conference Committee will be needed for other differences in the large Labor-HHS appropriations bill, which includes Social Security. Action is needed before the end of the fiscal year, September 30.