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How do appropriations work?
Appropriations - The House and Senate Appropriations Committees, through their 12
subcommittees, hold hearings to examine the budget requests and needs of federal spending programs. The House and Senate then produce appropriations bills to fund the federal government.
Has the 2021 federal budget passed?
The final funding package was passed as a consolidated spending bill on December 27, 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021. A budget resolution for the 2021 fiscal year began to be considered in February 2021 for the purpose of passing a COVID-19 pandemic relief bill through the budget reconciliation process.
Where do appropriation bills start?
Article I, Section 7, of the Constitution provides that all bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives but that the Senate may propose, or concur with, amendments. By tradition, general appropriation bills also originate in the House of Representatives.