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House Moves Ahead on More Spending Bills

Three more FY2020 appropriations bills are scheduled to be taken up at the subcommittee level this week.  By the end of the week, seven of the 12 spending measures will have been acted on by their respective subcommittees.

On Wednesday, the Defense, Interior, and the Energy and Water Development bills are scheduled to be marked up in subcommittee.  Last Friday, the State-Foreign Operations bill was reported out.

The full Appropriations Committee so far has approved three FY2020 bills:  Labor-Health and Human Services-Education, Military Construction-Veterans Affairs, and Legislative Branch.

On the other side of Capitol, the Senate has yet to move on any of its bills.  Appropriations Committee chairman Richard Shelby (R-AL) had hoped for a deal on the budget caps before moving on bills.  However, with no deal currently in place, he may proceed later this summer under a “deeming” resolution, which would set informal spending limits.