Government Funding Bills
Government Funding Bills are how the US legislature approves funding for the federal government
There are two ways this can be done:
- Individual Appropriations Bills - they typically fund one department/agency
- Omnibus Bill - Funds multiple agencies in a combined bill (often too long to be fully read)
- If a bill is not passed on time, the affected agency or entire federal government might be shut down (with some essential services exceptions)
- Continuing Resolutions can also be passed that keep budgets at previous years levels until a new bill is worked out