A Feb. 12 release would be one week later than the Office of Management and Budget initially planned. Government funding is scheduled to run out again on Feb. 8. | Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images White House budget release on Feb. 12 at the earliest

The White House is planning to deliver its budget request to Congress on Feb. 12 or later, according to two administration sources.

A Feb. 12 release would be one week later than OMB initially planned, and OMB staff blamed the government shutdown. “The shutdown came at a very critical time and therefore we have to slip to at least the 12th," OMB communications chief John Czwartacki said.


Administration officials have been working on their fiscal 2019 budget even as Congress continues to debate fiscal 2018 spending levels. Government funding is scheduled to run out again on Feb. 8.

