There were times during the past year when the appropriations process seemed to be working well; congressional subcommittees and committees passed bills to fund the government for this fiscal year. But looks can be deceiving.
Below is a timeline of milestones on the winding path to a fiscal 2012 budget—or a government shutdown.
APRIL 2011
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8: The sixth continuing resolution ends.
6: The House passed the Department of Defense and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act.
MARCH 2011
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18: The fifth continuing resolution ends.
17: The Senate passes the sixth continuing resolution, which funded the government through April 8.
15: The House passes the sixth continuing resolution, which funded the government through April 8.
9: The Senate defeats H.R. 1, which passed the House on February 19, and defeated a Democratic amendment to the bill.
4: The fourth continuing resolution ends.
2: The Senate passes the fifth continuing resolution, which funded the government through March 18.
1: The House passes the fifth continuing resolution, which funded the government through March 18.
FEBRUARY 2011
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19: The House passes H.R. 1, a bill to fund the government through September 30, 2011.
14: President Obama sends his fiscal 2012 budget proposal to Congress.
JANUARY 2011
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25: President Obama delivers his State of the Union speech to Congress.
DECEMBER 2010
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21: The third continuing resolution ends.
21: The Senate passes the fourth continuing resolution, which funded the government through March 4, 2011.
21: The House passes the fourth continuing resolution, which funded the government through March 4, 2011.
18: The second continuing resolution ends.
17: The Senate passes by unanimous consent the third continuing resolution, which funded the government through December 21.
17: The House passes by voice vote the third continuing resolution, which funded the government through December 21.
3: The first continuing resolution ends.
2: The Senate passes by unanimous consent the second continuing resolution, which funded the government through December 18.
1: The House passes the second continuing resolution, which funded the government through December 18.
NOVEMBER 2010
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4: Election Day.
SEPTEMBER 2010
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30: The House passes the first continuing resolution to fund the government from October 1 to December 3.
29: The Senate passes the first continuing resolution to fund the government from October 1 to December 3.
16: The Senate Appropriations Committee passes its Defense appropriations bill.
16: The Senate Appropriations Committee passes its Legislative Branch appropriations bill.
JULY 2010
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29: The Senate Appropriations Committee passes its Financial Services appropriations bill.
29: The House passes its Transportation/Housing and Urban Development appropriations bill.
29: The Senate Appropriations Committee passes its Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education appropriations bill.
29: The Senate Appropriations Committee passes its State and Foreign Operations appropriations bill.
28: The House passes its Military Construction and Veterans Affairs appropriations bill.
22: The Senate Appropriations Committee passes its Commerce, Science and Justice appropriations bill.
22: The Senate Appropriations Committee passes its Energy and Water appropriations bill.
22: The Senate Appropriations Committee passes its Transportation/Housing and Urban Development appropriations bill.
21: The Senate Appropriations Committee approves spending levels—302(b) allocations—for each of the committee's subcommittees covering the 12 appropriations bills.
15: The House Appropriations Committee approves spending levels—302(b) allocations—for each of the committee's subcommittees covering the 12 appropriations bills.
15: The Senate Appropriations Committee passes its Military Construction and Veterans Affairs bill.
15: The Senate Appropriations Committee passes its Homeland Security appropriations bill.
15: The Senate Appropriations Committee passes its Agriculture appropriations bill.
1: House passes its budget resolution.
JUNE 2010
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30: House introduces budget resolution.
APRIL 2010
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26: Senate places its budget resolution on the Senate Legislative Calendar, which identifies bills and resolutions awaiting Senate floor action.
FEBRUARY 2010
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1: President Obama sends Congress his budget proposal for fiscal 2011.
JANUARY 2010
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27: President Obama delivers his State of the Union address to Congress.
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