Continuing Resolution Relieves Pressure But Maintains Suspense Until Mid Terms
Sep 22, 2014 16:50 UTCLatest updates[?]: A continuing resolution buys time until after the mid-terms, whose result will determine whether FY15 will be wrapped up with a huge omnibus bill or separate appropriations laws.

The Obama administration, including DoD, rolled out their FY2015 budget request on March 4, alongside the release of the new quadrennial defense review (QDR). Even with this year’s partial rollback of sequestration, cuts were still on the agenda, but by the end of May the House of Representatives made clear it was not interested. Senate authorizers and House appropriators didn’t seem much more inclined not to fiddle with the executive’s budget allocations, with the exception of a huge blank check for war funding.
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