Gap between House, Senate over Allocations Leaves FY’14 Spending Uncertain
- May 22, 2013
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Many federal agencies are likely to be funded through a continuing resolution in fiscal 2014 because of the sharp differences between spending levels the two chambers are using to draft individual appropriations measures. On Tuesday, the House Appropriations Committees approved topline figures for each of the 12 spending bills totaling $967 billion. At the same time, Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has said her committee would be moving bills based on a $1.058 billion topline, a figure which ignores the spending caps triggered under sequestration …

