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Last Tuesday, House appropriators voted on allocations for six of the annual appropriations bills.  Allocation numbers serve as guidelines for appropriations subcommittees to write their bills, but the totals likely will change as lawmakers negotiate final appropriations.  Allocations have not been announced for the bills considered harder to negotiate, such as Defense and Labor-Health and Human Services, and which make up the lion’s share of discretionary spending.

  House appropriations Committee Chair Cole (R-OK) hopes that Republicans will report out all 12 appropriations bills by July 4.  There is little to no chance that any of those bills will pass the Senate.