Not providing long-term projections irks appropriators because it denies them visibility of total program costs, and puts the onus on Congress to add funds to keep programs going.

Source: https://spacenews.com/house-appropriators-target-space-force-programs/

The Alabama Republican said he and fellow GOP appropriators delivered the message to Johnson that they need a topline deal to get started.

Source: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/11/16/senate-votes-to-keep-government-open-amid-wide-gulf-on-spending/

The result of all this is that lobbyists and special interests often have more power than legislators in the spending process because they have the ears of appropriators and The Firm, as Lee calls Senate and House leadership.

Source: https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/09/15/sen-mike-lee-explains-why-congress-is-broken/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sen-mike-lee-explains-why-congress-is-broken