Appropriations bills in limbo

Departments operating under a continuing resolution in fiscal 2007 will likely continue to do so in fiscal 2008, as a fight between Congress and the White House over spending limits intensifies. The Senate has approved only one appropriations bill, and its Appropriations Committee has not yet approved the Defense Appropriations Bill. The House passed all 12 appropriations bills before the August congressional recess.

Meanwhile, White House officials have issued another veto threat. Officials threatened to veto the Military Construction-Veterans Affairs bill if it exceeds President Bush’s $933 billion funding request for VA without offsetting cuts elsewhere.

White House officials previously threatened to send other spending bills back to Congress without a signature if they exceeded the president’s spending caps.

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