Congressional appropriators are picking up the pace, seeking to clear as many of the 12 individual fiscal 2009 spending bills as possible for floor action. But odds are that no more than a few of the measures will be enacted before FY 2009 starts on Oct. 1. That means most key construction accounts probably will be funded by stopgap continuing resolutions, or CRs. Many probably will end up being folded into a massive omnibus bill.
*Excludes FY 08 and 09 emergency supplemental spending s=subcommittee action only, as of 7/8/08. NA=no action yet, as of 7/8/08 Sources: House, Senate Appropriations Committees