Appropriations is the big thing, but there's lots of activity on the floors and off the floors as Congress gets down to work," Loren Duggan said.

There has been agreement on most other issues; on the four bills that have not passed, questions remain about DHS, $900 billion is discretionary spending for defense and $225 billion for labor, health ...

Annually, congressional Appropriations committees determine how money will be spent on different programs and departments within the federal government. The Appropriations committees derive their ...