The Senate Appropriations Committee has again rejected a reorganization plan proposed by the House Committee. After yesterday's optimism that a compromise could be reached, Senate appropriators unanimously scuttled the plan. There seems to be little concern about redistributing to other subcommittees the programs contained in the District of Columbia Subcommittee and the Legislative Branch Subcommittee. However the third subcommittee that the House wants to abolish, VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, has much stronger support in the Senate. House Chairman Jerry Lewis (R-California) seems committed to moving ahead with reorganization plans in the House when the full committee must approve the plan next week. Differences between the House and Senate subcommittee structure will virtually guarantee another omnibus appropriations bill later this year.
Appropriations Committee Update | Reorganization Still Up in the Air