#House, Senate take starkly different approaches with funding bills

#House, Senate take starkly different approaches with funding bills

Congressional negotiators are fast at work in advancing 12 annual government funding bills out of committee, but the chambers are moving in very different directions. For weeks, House Democratic negotiators have bemoaned the partisan bills the GOP-led spending committee has advanced without bipartisan support, as Republicans seek to cut funding beyond the spending limits set in a budget cap deal negotiated…

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#Six takeaways from House committee assignments so far

#Six takeaways from House committee assignments so far

Six takeaways from House committee assignments so far As members of the House continue to receive committee assignments for the new Congress, Republicans are shaking up several panels with their newly obtained majority. Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has doubled down on promises to block certain Democrats from top panels, while several Republicans who played key…

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#Lawmakers reach deal on framework for omnibus spending package  

#Lawmakers reach deal on framework for omnibus spending package  

Lawmakers reach deal on framework for omnibus spending package   Lawmakers have struck a much-anticipated deal on a framework for an omnibus package to fund the government for fiscal 2023. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on Tuesday night said negotiators had “reached a bipartisan, bicameral framework that should allow us to finish an…

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