President Signs CR
October 3, 2003 - President Bush Sept. 30 signed a
continuing resolution (CR) to provide funding to keep the
federal government running through Oct. 31. The CR [P.L.
108-84] was needed because Congress had completed only
three of the 13 regular appropriations bills prior to the
Oct. 1 start of the federal fiscal year.
Meanwhile, there had been speculation that the House would
name its conferees to the conference committee on the FY 2004
Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill (H.R.
2660) this week. However, continued disagreements over
several issues in the bill and the need for appropriators
to focus attention on the $87 billion Iraq supplemental bill
make it unlikely that conferees will be named until after
the Senate's recess during the week of Oct. 6.
Information:
Dave Moore, Senior Associate Vice President
AAMC Government Relations
dbmoore@aamc.org
(202) 828-0525
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