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FEDERAL BUDGET

Unlike last year, House Senate leaders are insisting on working within the confines of the budget resolution passed this spring, and completing the 13 appropriation bills prior to the end of the fiscal year on September 30. The nonbinding budget resolution provides a blueprint for congressional action on the authorization and appropriation bills, and many hearings already have been held providing insight into Congress' priorities under the new leadership. Most importantly for state and local governments, Congress will likely reject proposals from the President to cut programs such as first responder homeland security grants, community development block grants, Amtrak and transportation funding, community policing grants, and water infrastructure funding. Final legislation on these programs for FY08 will not be completed until later this year.

3 PERCENT WITHHOLDING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENT ON GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS

Legislation has been introduced in the House and Senate to repeal Section 511 of the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 (PL. 109-222), which requires state and local governments that spend more than $100 million on goods and services to withhold 3 percent of payments to all vendors, beginning in 2011.

In the House, Congressmen Kendrick Meek (D-FL) and Wally Herger (R-IL) introduced H.R. 1023 and in the Senate, Senator Larry...

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