US Senate to vote on spending package Wednesday -Schumer
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 31, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File PhotoWASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate will vote Wednesday on three bills laying out funding plans for agriculture, military and veterans affairs and transportation for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2024, Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said.Congress has until Nov.
So far, the House has passed one appropriations bill, which due to its policy changes and spending cuts has no chance of passing the Senate or being signed into law by President Joe Biden.Congress narrowly averted a shutdown last month after the House passed a bipartisan continuing resolution, or CR, that led a small group of hardline Republicans to oust then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
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