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City’s federal lobbyist outlines process, warns continuing resolutions could block earmark wins
Summary
John Colton, the city’s federal legislative consultant, told the College Place City Council on Oct. 7 that continuing resolutions in Congress and the Army Corps of Engineers’ project programming process can block or delay earmarks and federal funding even when projects have been authorized.
John Colton, the city’s federal legislative consultant, told the council that two federal constraints pose the biggest near-term risk to College Place’s federal project funding: a potential U.S. government shutdown and the routine vulnerability of earmarks during long continuing resolutions.
Colton said that when Congress passes a full-year continuing resolution instead of the 12 regular appropriations bills, previously requested earmarks and new project funding can be delayed or lost. “The fiscal year ends at the September, and the new one starts Oct. 1. If Congress does not agree to a spending deal ... it shuts down,” Colton told the…
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