

Rep. Campbell says FY 2011 budget will be revealed Monday night
Rep. John Campbell (R-Calif.) said that by late Monday evening, he expects to see the text of FY 2011 budget legislation that is based on last week's late agreement between Congress and the White House.
Campbell added in his "laptop report" Monday that he intends to support the full-year FY 2011 spending bill because he believes a $38 billion cut is "probably as good a deal as John Boehner could get."
The House returns at 11 p.m. Monday night to file the bill, which will allow House Republicans to take up the bill on Wednesday. Under rules passed earlier this year, Republicans said they would make all bills public for three days before voting on them.
In March, Republicans clarified that this means a bill can be voted on as early as the third calendar day from when the bill is filed. This means, for example, that a bill filed even late Monday night can be taken up any time Wednesday.
Democrats complained at the time that this violates the GOP "72 hour rule," but the House rule refers to days, not hours.








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