Budget Conference Committee To Hold Its Second Formal Meeting

LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY

Budget Conference Committee

The Budget Conference Committee will hold its second formal meeting on Wednesday, November 13 in an effort to reach an agreement on a topline discretionary funding for FY 2014 and possibly a one- to two-year sequestration mitigation package. Appropriators are pushing the committee to establish the topline number by November 22 to allow them time to put together a FY 2014 spending package before the January 15 deadline of the current continuing resolution (P.L. 113-46).

OTHER ACTIVITY

NDD United Report Scheduled For Release

On Tuesday, November 12, NDD United, a coalition of over 3,000 organizations advocating against budget cuts to nondefense discretionary (NDD) programs, will release a new report, Faces of Austerity: How Budget Cuts Have Made Us Sicker, Poorer and Less Secure. The report will highlight the impact of sequestration on sectors such as public health, education, and workforce development.