On November 4, members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees met in conference to resolve the differences in their versions of the FY 2006 Commerce and Justice, Science, and related agencies (CJS) spending bill, which funds LSC.  The conferees reached an agreement which provides $330.8 million for LSC in FY 2006, the same amount as FY 2005.  However, a .28 percent rescission applied to all accounts in the bill will reduce LSC's FY 2006 budget to $329.8 million.  Further government-wide rescissions are still a possibility.

The House adopted the conference report on the CJS bill on November 9.  On the House floor, Representative David Obey (D-WI), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee, spoke against the funding cuts to LSC and voted against the conference report.  The Senate approved the conference report on November 16.