In the House of Representatives, any member may introduce a bill by dropping it into a box, called a hopper. The Representative may have written the bill himself, his staff may have written it, or a constituent may have sent the bill to the Representative and it was placed in the hopper. In the Senate, a member may introduce a bill after being recognized by the presiding officer and announcing the bill’s introduction. (Bills dealing with raising money must originate in the House of Representatives.)
All spending bills originate in the House of Representatives.
All spending bills originate in the House of Representatives.
The people who are in the House of Representatives are elected by the people, therefore spending bill must originate there. This law is part of the Constitution and found in Article 1, Section 7.
The House of Representatives.
The House of Representatives
A spending bill is the allocation of how money will be spent. Often committees are established to draw up a spending bill.
House of Representatives
In the United States, generally speaking, all bills that pertain to spending money or not spending money must originate in the US House of Representatives. This is part of the US Constitution. With that said, bills that do not require dollar expenditures may come from either the US Senate or the House. This divisions in where bills originate is one way among others that "powers" were divided among the States. As a further example, the US Senate votes on the confirmation of the President's nominations to important Federal offices.
the bill of spproval for spending public money :)
General Assembly may refer to many lawmaking bodies. A bill in the legislative process can originate with a legislator, on his or her own accord, or by request from a constituent or an interest group.
Short answer: Only the Constitution places restrictions on Congress. Long answer: Spending bills must originate in the house, while criminal law bills can originate in either the House or Senate. When Congress authorizes the expenditure of funds, via a spending bill, it uses a process almost identical to creating criminal law. Thus, even if it were a crime "...to use the FICA tax for anything other than what it was intended for", by Congress passing such a spending bill, it would nullify the earlier criminal law.
A stopgap spending bill is something that can be passed by Congress. It refers to a measure that will fund the government temporarily until official spending bills are passed.