Today at noon the House Appropriations Committee’s Legislative Branch Subcommittee will mark up its funding bill for fiscal year 2022. This legislation constitutes a big leap towards addressing the devastating decline Members of Congress have inflicted upon the Legislative Branch over the past quarter century, including a nearly 40 percent staffing reduction at committees and […]
The House Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee today released its draft appropriations bill accompanied by a press release. The subcommittee markup is tomorrow, and we won’t know what it in the committee report until the full committee markup on Tuesday. We reviewed the legislation and compared the proposed funding to the enacted levels from last Congress. […]
Tracking House appropriations markups can be more art than science. We’ve compiled this timeline to help everyone follow along. Meeting notice Must be provided three legislative days in advance. House Rule XI(g)(2)(3)(A)(ii), Committee Rule 4(d)(3). An announcement of the meeting must be publicly “promptly” in the Daily Digest and made publicly available in electronic form. […]
For the last few years Demand Progress has been tracking appropriations testimony deadlines in the House and in the Senate. Specifically, we have kept track of: Public witness testimony deadlines and guidance Member witness testimony deadlines and guidance Member request deadlines and guidance Subcommittee/ full committee markups. Here is that information, in spreadsheet form, for […]
House appropriations subcommittees will not be holding “in-person” public witness testimony (via video) this year, citing the pandemic. Demand Progress will host a webinar this Friday where you can hear from organizations and individuals who otherwise would have testified in person on improving government transparency and accountability. Presenters include: Eli Lehrer, president of the R Street […]