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The Federal Budget: Spending, Taxes, and Debt

DeLauro-Murray Continuing Resolution Increases Spending by Nearly $1.5 Trillion

The Federal Budget: Spending, Taxes, and Debt Op-Ed Policy Rapid Response BlogSeptember 18, 2025 By Matthew Dickerson
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The Ranking Members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), released an alternative Continuing Resolution (CR) on September 17, 2025. The CR would continue discretionary appropriations through October 31, 2025. However, the DeLauro-Murray CR includes a number of policy provisions unrelated to continuing government funding. These provisions would increase government spending by nearly $1.5 trillion. Table MD The CR also includes several provisions that restrict the authority of the Trump Administration to administer funding efficiently and effectively:
  • 102: Prohibits new starts by the Department of Defense.
  • 111: Restricts reprogramming and transfer authority to align funding with Administration priorities.
  • 119: Guts the Impoundment Control Act rescissions process.
  • 123: Requires NASA to continue all missions under formulation by the Science Mission Directorate.
  • 126: Requires Department of Commerce to renew NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership agreements, under all previous terms and conditions.
  • 135: Requires the Department of Energy to spend FY 2025 funds for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) and other energy subsidy accounts on certain projects, restricts reprogramming authority for such funds, and eliminates existing waiver authority provided to the Secretary of Energy for restrictions on reprogramming that "pose a substantial risk to human health, the environment, welfare, or national security."
  • 143: Establishes a new Inspector General of the Office of Management and Budget within the Executive Office of the President

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Matthew D. Dickerson

Matthew D. Dickerson

Director of Budget Policy

Matthew D. Dickerson is Director of Budget Policy at the Economic Policy Innovation Center (EPIC). Dickerson is recognized as an expert on fiscal policy issues, including the budget, appropriations, and entitlement reform. His articles have been featured in the Wall Street Journal , the Miami Herald , National Review , the Sacramento Bee , the Washington Times , the Baltimore Sun , The Hill , the Washington Examiner , and other outlets. Prior to joining EPIC, Dickerson served as Senior Policy Advisor on the staff of the House Budget Committee, where he helped lead development of the fiscal year 2024 budget resolution. He has a dozen years of experience on Capitol Hill, including as a senior staffer with the Republican Study Committee (RSC), the caucus of conservatives in the House of Representatives. Under four different RSC chairmen, Dickerson held senior level roles including Policy Director and Senior Policy Staff. Additionally, he served as Legislative Director and other policy positions for the late Congressman C.W. Bill Young (R-FL), a former Chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee. During his tenure at The Heritage Foundation, Dickerson was Director of the Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget. In this capacity, he oversaw a team of budget analysts and economists researching diverse subjects including spending, entitlements, budget process, tax, labor, pensions, and infrastructure issues. He has also been a Policy Manager at Americans for Prosperity, where he supervised a team of fellows and analysts covering a variety of federal and state policy issues. Dickerson is a graduate of the College of William and Mary in Virginia and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Government and History.

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