Overlapping Budgets
In this topsy-turvy budget year, President Clinton released his 1997 spending blueprint Tuesday even though the 1996 budget has not been completed. Here are key dates in the budgeting process:
1996 BUDGET
Feb. 6, 1995: Clinton proposes $1.6 trillion budget.
June 29: Congress approves a budget.
Sept. 30: With fiscal year due to begin but no compromise reached, Congress passes first stopgap spending bill.
Nov. 14-19: Government agencies close for six days.
Nov. 20: Clinton signs temporary spending bill.
Dec. 16: Second partial government shutdown begins; lasts until January 6.
March 19: Senate passes legislation to fund agencies. Prospects for Clinton’s signature are dim.
1997 BUDGET
Feb. 5, 1996: Clinton unveils a bare bones 1997 budget.
March 19: Clinton sends Congress a 2,000-page version of his 1997 budget.
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