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WashingtonWatch.com Update: New Congress to Quickly Spend $6,000 per U.S. Family
December 29, 2008This is the WashingtonWatch.com federal legislative update for the week of December 29, 2008. Just before the beginning of the 2009 fiscal year in October, Congress passed a temporary spending measure to fund the operations of the government until March. Without action early in the next Congress, though, funding for much of the government will run out. The stopgap bill passed in September set full year FY 2009 funding levels for Defense, Homeland Security, and Military Veterans. It spent about $8,000 per U.S. family. But the rest of the government's operations remain unfunded past early March. Full release