Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman is set to meet with Trump at the White House on Friday, as they try to figure out a way to get funding bills to the president's desk.
While the House has passed 10 of the 12 annual appropriations bills, many of those are loaded up with Democratic priorities that make them dead on arrival in the GOP-controlled Senate.
The Senate's $5 billion for the wall is in stark contrast to the DHS bill approved by the House Appropriations Committee, a measure that would not provide additional barrier funding.
The Senate Appropriations Committee has passed 10 of the 12 funding bills, teeing up potential legislation for floor action.
Republicans view the defense bill as a top priority, and letting other bills move forward could lessen the GOP's leverage to force Democrats to the table on Pentagon spending.
Staffers on the Senate and House Appropriations Committee have also started, in the words of Shelby, "Serious" negotiations about how to jumpstart the fiscal 2020 spending bills.
Even if the Senate is able to get its own spending legislation moving, the House and Senate will need to reconcile their competing bills and work out differences on top-line spending.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/463314-congress-hunts-for-offramp-from-looming-shutdown-fight
While the House has passed 10 of the 12 annual appropriations bills, many of those are loaded up with Democratic priorities that make them dead on arrival in the GOP-controlled Senate.
The Senate's $5 billion for the wall is in stark contrast to the DHS bill approved by the House Appropriations Committee, a measure that would not provide additional barrier funding.
The Senate Appropriations Committee has passed 10 of the 12 funding bills, teeing up potential legislation for floor action.
Republicans view the defense bill as a top priority, and letting other bills move forward could lessen the GOP's leverage to force Democrats to the table on Pentagon spending.
Staffers on the Senate and House Appropriations Committee have also started, in the words of Shelby, "Serious" negotiations about how to jumpstart the fiscal 2020 spending bills.
Even if the Senate is able to get its own spending legislation moving, the House and Senate will need to reconcile their competing bills and work out differences on top-line spending.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/463314-congress-hunts-for-offramp-from-looming-shutdown-fight
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