{"id":2734,"date":"2014-01-13T11:11:24","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T15:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.mml.org\/wp\/inside208\/?p=2734"},"modified":"2014-01-13T11:11:24","modified_gmt":"2014-01-13T15:11:24","slug":"congress-set-to-finish-appropriation-bills-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/01\/13\/congress-set-to-finish-appropriation-bills-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress Set to Finish Appropriation Bills This Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congress is back to work after their winter break. Just before the holidays, they passed a two-year budget agreement that lifted the sequester on discretionary programs that were set to go into effect if no action was taken. Now, they have until January 15th<\/sup> to pass all the appropriation bills necessary to outline how those set funding levels will be divided up. There is no agreement yet but negotiations seem to be moving along and are being held closely to the vest by House and Senate leaders. One issue that was not resolved favorably in the budget negotiation was the Build America Bonds (BABs) subsidy payments. So the reduction in those payments will continue. We will update you this week on how the budget breakdowns unfold.<\/p>\n

Summer Minnick is Director of Policy Initiatives and Federal Affairs. She can be reached at 517-908-0301 or sminick@mml.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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