For a second year, appropriations work will wait until January

• Peter Cohn
• December 9, 2003

House passes spending bill with 4.1 percent civil service pay raise

• Peter Cohn
• December 8, 2003

White House presses Senate to approve omnibus bill

• Peter Cohn, Keith Koffler and April Fulton
• December 5, 2003

Senate budget chief pushes for vote on omnibus spending bill

• Peter Cohn and April Fulton
• December 4, 2003

Senate unlikely to get consent for omnibus spending bill

• Peter Cohn and April Fulton
• December 3, 2003

Senate action uncertain on omnibus

Congressional appropriators struck key deals Monday to reach a "veto proof" fiscal 2004 omnibus appropriations bill, but new roadblocks may keep the bill on hold until next year.

• Peter Cohn
• November 25, 2003

Senate inaction on huge spending bill could delay pay raise

• Peter Cohn and April Fulton
• November 25, 2003

House, Senate finally near deal on huge spending bill

House and Senate negotiators are near a deal on a fiscal 2004 omnibus spending bill encompassing more than half of the federal government's agencies and programs, despite Bush administration concerns about provisions regading public-private job competitions in the bill.

• Peter Cohn
• November 24, 2003

House readies stopgap spending measure lasting to February

• Peter Cohn
• November 20, 2003

House chair seeks to separate competitive sourcing debate from omnibus

• Peter Cohn
• November 20, 2003

White House steps up effort to block job competition changes

• Amelia Gruber and Peter Cohn
• November 19, 2003

House leaders prepare new continuing resolutions

• Susan Davis, Peter Cohn and Zach Patton
• November 19, 2003

Omnibus conference cancelled while negotiations continue

• Peter Cohn
• November 18, 2003

Legislators dig into fiscal 2004 omnibus bill

• Peter Cohn
• November 17, 2003

Omnibus scramble begins as Nov. 21 deadline nears

• Peter Cohn
• November 14, 2003

Agriculture budget bill may carry omnibus

• Peter Cohn
• November 13, 2003

Omnibus spending bill quickly draws add-ons

• Peter Cohn
• November 7, 2003

Leaders direct appropriators to begin crafting omnibus bill

• Peter Cohn
• November 6, 2003

White House nixes compromise on overtime pay provision

• Peter Cohn and Emily Heil
• November 5, 2003

Senators back Iraq supplemental, turn to other spending bills

• Peter Cohn
• November 4, 2003