The White House will likely ship its budget request for the next fiscal year to Congress no earlier than March, according to a top appropriator.
“I don’t think it’ll be in February from my discussions with” Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-Okla.) told reporters Tuesday night. “I did stress the point, ‘the sooner we get it, the better off we are.’”
The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 requires the president to submit to Congress by the first Monday in February his budget request for the upcoming fiscal year. ...