With the current fiscal year set to expire on September 30, Congress has yet to send any of the 13 FY2002 appropriations bills to the President. As a result, Congress approved a continuing resolution (H. J. Res. 65), which will fund all federal agencies and programs at their FY2001 levels until October 16. The House passed the resolution on September 24 by a vote of 392-0. The Senate approved it by unanimous consent on September 25.
While appropriators made progress this week, several mark-ups of FY2002 spending bills were postponed. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education postponed its mark-up for the second week in a row. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense also postponed its mark-up. Additionally, the Senate Appropriations Committee did not consider its version of the FY2002 District of Columbia spending bill.
