After an all-day markup, the FY2019 House Labor-HHS-Education bill was cleared by the Appropriations Committee last night. The committee’s adoption of the bill means that 11 of the 12 spending bills have cleared the House Appropriations Committee; the Senate committee has cleared all of its bills.
The 13-hour markup was contentious at times, with heated debates on a number of issues, including child separation. Of the roughly 50 amendments offered and debated during the session, a significant number of them focused on child separation practices at the border.
Although the bill has now cleared the committee process, it is unclear at this point whether it will see floor action in the near future.
A copy of the bill is available here and the accompanying report is available here.