About Appropriations.com

Appropriations.com is published by Capitol Public Policy LLC. 

Charles S. Konigsberg, J.D., Founder and President of Capitol Public Policy LLC, served as Assistant Director at the White House Office of Management and Budget for three successive Budget Directors; General Counsel at the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, where he had principal responsibility for managing federal budget and debt limit legislation; Minority Chief Counsel at the U.S. Senate Rules & Administration Committee where he advised the ranking member on budget, appropriations, trade, and tax legislation; Staff Attorney at the U.S. Senate Budget Committee where he had responsibility for federal fiscal law issues and drafted the first explanation of the congressional budget process; Director of Congressional Affairs at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and AmeriCorps; and staff director of a national bipartisan budget task force.

He is the founder and publisher of Appropriations.com and GovBudget.com, both providing up-to-date nonpartisan, plain English news and explanations of congressional appropriations, federal spending, taxes, and the U.S. budget process.

In addition to federal budget, his bipartisan subject matter expertise includes fiscal policy, appropriations, federal tax, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, veterans’ health, mental health, Indian health, energy and environment, homeland security, defense, highway funding, special education, national service, international trade, consumer protection, and congressional procedure.

He is the author of a major new book, Independent Voters Will Decide America’s Future in 2024 and Beyond: What You Should Know Before Voting, published September 6, 2024, a short, nonpartisan, common sense book to provide independent voters with a factual comparison of the records of the last two Administrations–and recent statements of the candidates–to assist independent voters in deciding how to vote In the pivotal 2024 election. The book is laid out in 16 short sections focusing on: core values shared by large majorities of Americans; the economy; Immigration; Social Security; Medicare; healthcare; housing; education; abortion; crime; defense; veterans; coping with climate-induced floods and wildfires; energy independence; poverty; and preserving our democracy. Each fact presented in the book is drown from reputable, nonpartisan sources and is clearly referenced and linked in the endnotes and on the book’s website for print readers, IndependentVotersBook.com.

He is also author of a book on the federal budget: TRILLIONS: A Primer on Federal Spending, Taxes, the U.S. Debt Ceiling, and Fiscal Law (with the 2024-25 edition to be released in September 2024); and America’s Priorities: How the U.S. Government Raises and Spends $3 Trillion Per Year (2007); as well as, numerous congressional publications explaining the interactions of the congressional authorization, appropriation, tax, and budget processes including the Senate Finance Committee Blue Book and the first two editions of the Senate Budget Committee’s official explanation of the congressional budget process.

Mr. Konigsberg is admitted to the U.S. Supreme Court Bar, the District of Columbia Bar, and the Ohio Bar.

Capitol Public Policy LLC provides the following services:

• Fiscal Intelligence: Appropriations, Government Shutdowns, and Debt Limit
• Appropriations, Mandatory Funding, and Tax options for new initiatives
• Media Interviews
• “Washington Update” Keynotes and Briefings
• Advocacy Strategies
• Budget Process Training