Budget

5 items tagged “Budget”

Continuing Resolutions and Shutdowns: The Core Mechanics

How continuing resolutions interact with the Antideficiency Act and why shutdown risk is about enacted appropriations timing, not headlines.

A plain-language explainer of federal budget scoring mechanics, assumptions, and why score differences often come from baseline choices.

What IEEPA authorizes, how OFAC uses it, and where congressional and judicial checks fit in a sanctions escalation cycle.

A procedural explainer on reconciliation, vote thresholds, and Byrd Rule constraints using Senate reference documents and budget law.

A neutral guide to how supplemental and omnibus appropriations bills differ in scope, timing, and oversight implications.