WHITE HOUSE LOOKS SET TO SUBMIT FY 2014 BUDGET REQUEST IN EARLY APRIL

The Obama Administration appears set to submit its Fiscal Year 2014 budget request to Congress in early April—approximately two months behind schedule. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said yesterday that the request would “probably” be sent to lawmakers the week of April 8. "The president will be putting forward a budget in the next several weeks, probably the week of April 8, I would expect," Carney said during yesterday’s White House press briefing.

In the absence of the Administration’s budget request for next year, lawmakers have already begun moving ahead with FY 2014 planning. Yesterday, House Republicans unveiled their FY 2014 budget resolution, which helps set how much funding individual appropriations committees will have to work with as they allocate funding for programs under their jurisdiction. The House resolution did not contain specific language related to the U.S. nuclear weapons program or the Department of Energy’s cleanup efforts, but it would push out spending caps established under the Budget Control Act for an additional two years. Senate Democrats are expected to officially unveil their FY 2014 budget resolution today.