The measure contains six annual spending bills and has already passed the House. Meanwhile, lawmakers are negotiating a second package of six bills, including defense, in an effort to have all federal agencies fully funded by a March 22 deadline. The chamber labored to get to a final vote just hours before the midnight deadline for the first set of appropriations bills. ”This isn’t the package I would have written on my own,” said Sen. Patty Murray, the Democratic chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee. There is compromise every day on every spending bill,” Paul said.

Source: Huffington Post March 09, 2024 01:04 UTC