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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 26, 2007

The Budget Breakdown: 110th Congress Reaches Milestone of Failure
Sets Record For Latest Date In Twenty Years Congress Has Failed To
Send The President Any Annual Spending Bills

"Today Congress set a record they should not be proud of: October the 26th is the latest date in 20 years that Congress has failed to get a single annual appropriations bill to the President's desk."

- President George W. Bush, 10/26/07

The latest date a Congress has sent the President its first annual spending bill since 1987 is October 25.

Congress has failed to send a single annual spending bill to the President's desk.  Fiscal Year 2008 began 26 days ago, but only seven of the 12 annual spending bills have passed both houses of Congress. 

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has not appointed any conferees to reconcile differences between the House and Senate spending bills.  It has been 133 days since the bill providing funding for our Nation's veterans passed the House, but Speaker Pelosi continues to delay this necessary step to get this spending bill and others to the President's desk.  In fact, when House Republicans put forward a motion to go to conference on the veterans spending bill, 225 Democrats voted against progress for the men and women who have bravely served our country.  (Roll Call Vote #990, 10/23/07) 

Dates Of Spending Bills Sent To The President Over Past 20 Years

Calendar Year

First Spending Bill Sent To President

2007

?

2001

October 25

1990

October 25

2002

October 18

2006

September 29

2003

September 26

1995

September 26

1989

September 21

1997

September 18

1998

September 10

1992

August 12

1993

August 10

1991

August 6

1999

August 5

1996

August 2

2005

July 29

2004

July 28

1994

July 13

1988

July 11

2000

July 1

 

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