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  • The resolution S. RES. 71 in the 119th Congress authorizes the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship to spend money and hire staff as they carry out their responsibilities. From March 2025 to February 2027, the committee can use funds from the Senate's contingent...

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    The resolution lets a Senate committee spend money to do its work, but some rules about how they can spend it might lead to problems with spending too much or not being careful with the money.

  • S. RES. 65 is a resolution that allows the Committee on the Judiciary in the U.S. Senate to spend money from March 1, 2025, to February 28, 2027. The committee can use funds from the Senate's contingent fund to pay for staff, consultants, and training under certain limits....

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    The bill lets a special group in the U.S. Senate spend money for things like paying helpers and buying supplies from 2025 to 2027, but some worry it's not clear enough on how much they can spend or how it's checked.

  • S. RES. 76 authorizes the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions to spend money from the Senate's contingent fund from March 1, 2025, to February 28, 2027. The committee can use these funds to cover the costs of hiring staff, consulting services, and training....

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    The bill lets a special group in the Senate spend money to hire people and learn new things from March 2025 to February 2027. They have a big money jar, but we need to make sure they use it wisely and not just on anything they want without checking.

  • The resolution, S. RES. 62, authorizes the Special Committee on Aging to spend money, employ people, and use services from government departments or agencies with permission, from March 1, 2025, to February 28, 2027. The resolution sets specific expense limits for three periods: March 1,...

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    The Special Committee on Aging wants permission to spend money on different things from March 2025 to February 2027, like paying for people who help them and special training, but the money for these helpers and training is very little. They also promised to be careful with the spending, but some rules aren't super clear, so adults might worry about how the money is used!

  • The resolution, S. RES. 58, authorizes the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs to spend money and hire staff from March 1, 2025, to February 28, 2027. It provides specific spending limits for different time periods during these two years, including...

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    The resolution lets a big group in the government spend money and hire people to help them work better for two years. They have a plan for how much money they can use, and it includes hiring experts and learning new things, but some parts don’t need special permission to spend the money, which means they have to be careful not to waste it.

  • S. RES. 73 authorizes the Select Committee on Intelligence to spend money, hire staff, and use the services of other government departments and agencies from March 1, 2025, to February 28, 2027. The resolution specifies spending limits for three periods: up to $5,261,497 for March to...

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    The Select Committee on Intelligence gets permission to spend a lot of money and hire people to help them from March 2025 to February 2027, but there are concerns that they might not have enough rules in place to make sure they're spending it wisely.

  • S. RES. 57 authorizes the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry to spend a certain amount of money from March 1, 2025, to February 28, 2027, for its activities. The resolution specifies the maximum expenses allowed for different time periods and how the committee...

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    S. RES. 57 lets a group in the Senate that deals with farming, food, and forests spend a certain amount of money to do their work over two years. It sets limits on how much they can spend at different times and allows them to hire helpers, but some rules might be too vague, which could make it easy to spend too much or in the wrong way.

  • S. RES. 90 is a resolution that allows the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations to spend money, employ staff, and use personnel from other government departments from March 1, 2025, to February 28, 2027. The resolution outlines specific budgets for different periods and limits on how much...

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    This bill lets a group of people in the Senate, called the Committee on Foreign Relations, spend money, hire staff, and work with other helpers from March 2025 to February 2027 to do their job well and cover important expenses.