Budget and Appropriations

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Latest News

HNR: Congress Poised to Pass Omnibus Fiscal Year 2012 Appropriation Bill (12/16/11)
HNR: Congress Not Anxious to Raise Working Families' Taxes in January (12/16/11)
HNR: Senate Rejects Balanced Budget Amendment (12/16/11)
HNR: Super Committee Cannot Leap Over Ideological Chasm; President Warns He Will Not Allow Gutting of Automatic Cuts (11/22/11)
HNR: First Fiscal Year 2012 Appropriations Bills Pass Congress (11/22/11)
HNR: House Rejects Balanced Budget Amendment (11/22/11)
CBPP: Orszag Is Right: Locking in Bush Tax Cuts Not Worth a $1.2 Trillion Supercommittee Deal (11/21/11)
CBPP: Republicans' Latest Supercommittee Offer: $181 in Spending Cuts for Each $1 in Revenue Increases (11/18/11)
Deborah Weinstein in HuffPost Politics: Disappointing Reports of Deficit Plans That Target Vulnerable People (11/2/11)

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Appropriations Funding Resources
Appropriations (December 15, 2011)
Omnibus Overview: Read more here
Energy & Water: Read more here
Financial Services: Read more here
Homeland Security: Read more here
Interior/Environment: Read more here
L-HHS-Ed: Read more here
Legislative Branch: Read more here
Defense: Read more here
State/Foreign Opts: Read more here
Disaster Relief: Read more here
Click here for the full House Republican Appropriators Summary

CHN: FY 2011 Human Needs Funding: President's Request compared to FY10, FY09 and FY05 funding levels (2/18/10)
CHN: FY 2011 Human Needs Funding: President's Request compared to FY10 and FY09 funding levels (2/18/10)

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Policy Analyses and Research

CBPP: The Senate's Balanced Budget Amendment Would Require Extreme Budget Cuts (12/5/11)
Citizens for Tax Justice: State-by-State Figures on Proposed Millionaire Surcharge (10/6/11)
Center for American Progress: Debt Deal Leaves Americans Living in Rural Poverty Behind (8/10/11)
Center for American Progress: The Choices Still to Be Made in the New Debt Deal (8/10/11)
Center for American Progress: What You Need When You’re Poor: Heritage Foundation Hasn’t a Clue (8/8/11)
Bread for the World: A Summary and Analysis of the Final Debt Ceiling Deal (8/3/11)

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Government Resources

Office of Management and Budget: FY 2012 Budget: The President's Budget (February 2011)
GPO Access: Budget of the United States Government: Browse Fiscal Year 2011 (2010)

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State Data

National Priorities Project: Budget of the United States Government: Browse Fiscal Year 2011 (2/18/11)
National Priorities Project:  The President's Budget FY 2011 (February 2010)

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Background & Briefings

Audio Briefings
CHN Budget 101
Background on Budget and Appropriations