Senate Appropriators Reject House Proposal to Halve GAO Budget

| Importance: 6/10 | Status: confirmed

Senate Appropriations Committee votes 26-1 to reject House’s 48% GAO budget cut, approving $812M (current level) vs House’s $414M. Dodaro warned House cuts would eliminate 2,220 employees (63% of workforce). 30 good-government groups opposed cuts. GAO has 39 pending impoundment investigations, found 2 Trump violations.

Key Actors

US Senate Senate Appropriations Committee Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Tags

oversight-protection budget-preservation gao senate-action institutional-defense

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