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Budget

Senate and House Leaders Confirm Separate Plans for Short-Term CR

By Vivienne Machi

Monday, September 9th, 2019

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Senate and House Leaders Confirm Separate Plans for Short-Term CR

Low angled view of the U.S. Capitol East Facade Front in Washington, DC.

The leaders of the House and Senate have each announced plans to buy time for Congress to move through the fiscal year 2020 appropriations process by passing a continuing resolution, but the chambers each have their own proposed process. The Senate will move quickly to pass as many regular appropriations bills as possible, and then pass a “temporary continuing resolution” for any outstanding bills to keep those parts of government open, said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in his…

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