Emails, Jack Deutsch, communications director, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, Feb. 13, 2015
From: Selby, Gardner
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 6:21 PM
To: Jack Deutsch
Subject: Texas reporter seeking to check a House member's claim
Good evening. I write because I’m fact-checking a January statement by US Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas. He said Homeland Security is the only federal agency not funded through the current fiscal year.
It looks to me like your group would have a solid grip on this.
Visit further by email or phone?
Other suggestions?
THANKS.
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8:39 a.m.
Feb. 13, 2015
True. From one of our policy guys:
At the end of last year Congress passed legislation (the CRomnibus) providing funding for 11 of the 12 regular appropriations bills covering all government agencies except DHS for all of fiscal year 2015 but only continuing funding for the Homeland Security appropriations through February 27. The CR in CRomnibus was for continuing resolution for Homeland Security. If Congress doesn't pass legislation funding DHS for the rest of the year before Feb 27th, there will be a partial government shutdown affecting DHS while the rest of the government is funded and will remain open.
Let me know if you need anything else.
Jack
Jack Deutsch
Communications Director
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
From: Selby, Gardner
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2015 9:51 AM
To: Jack Deutsch
Subject: RE: Texas reporter seeking to check a House member's claim
Who is the policy expert and what is his or her title?
Also, did CRFB write up this wrinkle at the time? Is there a link to the write-up?
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g.
9:21 a.m.
Ed Lorenzen, senior policy advisor.
If you search our blog for the cromnibus, you will find we wrote a lot about it. (as did newspapers and others)