Continuing resolutions

With the announcements of House and Senate bills about funding LANL and with the open fight between the House and Senate committees who would appropriate the money for the Lab, I wondered what would happen if the impass went to a continuing resolution.

John Fleck, of the Albuquerque Tribune, had the most detailed answer, based on years of following budget negotiations and also on calling Congressional staff.

The short answer is "It depends."

The longer answer is that the funding levels have to be negotiated between the appropriate Congressmen and Senators and the President and then signed into law, probably sometime in September before the place shuts down.

The funding could be the same as last year. It could be the House's reduced funding or it could be some other number.