spending bill
Congressional appropriations measure
A spending bill is legislation that authorizes government expenditure—appropriating money from the treasury for specific programs, agencies, or purposes.
In the U.S., spending bills must originate in the House of Representatives.
Congress passes them annually to fund government operations: The spending bill includes funding for defense and infrastructure.
Failure to pass spending bills can trigger government shutdowns.
- appropriationsDesignated funds for purposes
- budgetPlan for spending
- budget dealAgreed spending plan
- legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
- CongressU.S. lawmaking body
government shutdown · deficit · debt ceiling · lawmakers · funding · floor vote · vote · omnibus · earmarks · pork barrel · fiscal · fiscal cliff · pork · deadline · veto · line item · committee · compromise
- Congresssenator, representative, senators, House, committee
- federal budgetfederal budget, appropriations, deficit, national budget, surplus
- legislationacts, laws, statutes, act, law
- appropriationsappropriations, budget allocation, budget allocations, earmark, earmarks
- billsrent, mortgage, due dates, balance due, payment reminder
- budgetingbudget, budgets, budget app, budget template, budget allocation
spending billtax bill
Statement of taxes owed
revenue bill · tax legislation · tax increase · tax hike · revenue act
spending, bill, spend, spends, spent, spender, spenders, overspend, overspent