FY10 Appropriation Update

The Transportation, Treasury, Housing Appropriations bill will most likely pass in mid-December, although exact timing is unclear. The timing depends in large part on how leadership decides to coordinate/package all the various pieces of legislation that need to get done before the end of the year.

You might be surprised to learn that even though we're only 1/3 of a way through FY10, FY11 requests have been filed. For more information about how the appropriation system works, read our 'Appropriations 101' post.

Sweet Success.....almost

The federal appropriations process takes approximately two years, start to finish. Prior to August recess, the House and Senate are about 3/4 of the way through the first step toward passing federal fiscal year 2010 (FY2010.) It doesn't look as though they'll complete the budget by the start of the fiscal year (October 1), but, unlike last year, we won't see continuing resolutions ad nauseam.

Most of the appropriations work is done, and consultants like The Art of Politics now wait to see which projects did or didn't make the cut. One of our clients made the cut! The Senate still has to pass their version of the bill, then conference, then the president has to sign the bill, and then we'll really celebrate