[1] Each committee has 12 matching subcommittees, each of which is tasked with working on one of the twelve annual regular appropriations bills.
[1] Regular appropriations bills are passed annually, with the funding they provide covering one fiscal year.
[4] If Congress has not enacted the regular appropriations bills by the time, it can pass a continuing resolution, which continues the pre-existing appropriations at the same levels as the previous fiscal year (or with minor modifications) for a set amount of time.
[5] Appropriations bills are one part of a larger United States budget and spending process.
[1] This subcommittee is responsible for funding operations of the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
Each senator receives an allocation for official expenses, including the hiring of staff and office management.