Jack Fitzpatrick 🗞️
@jackfitzdc
Bloomberg @BGOV reporter covering Congress. Read our Budget Brief newsletter every morning they're in session.
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, whose been an appropriator since the '90s, says this is the toughest jam she's ever seen on government funding. "I've negotiated with Shelby, I've negotiated with Leahy," she says. "There's always been that give and take to pass the bills."
I’m not voting for a September 30th CR. That is totally unacceptable. I’m giving everyone adequate notice.
Republicans are talking about a full-year CR, followed by a series of "rifle-shot rescission packages," one after another, Rep. Jodey Arrington says. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…
House members are getting a big funding increase for personal security, @MaeveSheehey reports: news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…
Freedom Caucus chairman suggests a full year CR plus earmarks:
..". It keeps spending at current levels. Doesn't increase spending. Just get it all over with. Just do a full year on CR. And I personally think that you could put the community funded community project funded projects in it. You could do that." 2/2
House passes its Defense appropriations bill, a big step forward in a mostly faltering process to avoid a shutdown in October. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…
Going well!
Reps. Austin Scott (R) and Jim McGovern (D) just got into a yelling match about the Epstein files at the Rules Committee meeting on the rescissions package. Members originally expected this hearing to take place at 10 a.m.
NIST would get a 39% funding increase in the bill that advanced out of the Senate Appropriations Committee today. The bill boosts funds for research facility construction, and calls for NIST to assess national security risks from foreign AI models. news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…
BREAKING: PBS, NPR Set to Lose Federal Funding as Senate Passes DOGE Cuts @TheTerminal
The crypto vote has been open for more than 4 hours now. Hardliners and leaders on Financial Services/Agriculture have reached an impasse. Speaker Mike Johnson is trying to broker a deal to adopt the rule and unfreeze the floor. Sound familiar?
NEW: @RepArrington talks priorities for Reconciliation 2.0 bill this fall. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Senators want Attorney General Pam Bondi to preserve all records relating to Jeffrey Epstein's clients and incarceration. And they added a measure demanding those records to the bill funding the Justice Department. Read more: news.bgov.com/bloomberg-gove…
