SHUT IT DOWN?: U.S. House and Senate Exchange Barbs Over Short-Term Spending Bill to Prevent Government Shutdown as October 1 Deadline Looms Article

DESTINATION UNKNOWN: Senate Appropriations Committee Provides Significant Funding Boost for Early Childhood Education, Fails to Fund Obama’s High School Redesign Program; Bill’s Future Is Unknown, Compromise Unlikely with House of Representatives Article

On July 11, the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee approved a $164 billion Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Education appropriations bill.