The Latest Breaking News from Appropriations

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Republican Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham went into the last month of California’s legislative session somewhat hopeful about prospects for his biggest bill.

WASHINGTON — Appropriations bills for the upcoming fiscal year unveiled in the Senate last week contain more than 3,100 earmarks totaling almost $7.8 billion, with Sen. Richard C. Shelby once again the uncontested champion of what senators have rebranded “congressionally directed spending.”

A health scare showed Democrats Thursday how hard it may be to pass a partisan tax and spending package in an evenly divided Senate.

The Republican Study Committee has taken an official position against earmarks, although more than half of their membership requested them.

Negotiations on a spending ceiling to govern the fiscal 2023 appropriations process have ground to a halt.

​WASHINGTON — The Senate Republican Conference will lose some prolific earmarkers to retirement next year, as the party faces some soul-searching over whether to keep the practice if they retake one or both chambers after November’s midterms.

The Senate Republican Conference will lose some prolific earmarkers to retirement next year, which may prompt a second look at the practice.

House appropriators are about to begin markups on fiscal 2023 spending bills and CQ Roll Call's David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak outline what lies ahead.

WASHINGTON — The House adopted a $1.6 trillion discretionary spending cap for the upcoming fiscal year, clearing the way for appropriators to start moving the fiscal 2023 spending bills through that chamber as bicameral talks reconvene on a framework for bills that can pass the Senate as well.