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Senate Tees Up Potential Vote on Appropriations Bills Including Defense Next Week

By Vivienne Machi

Thursday, October 17th, 2019

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Senate Tees Up Potential Vote on Appropriations Bills Including Defense Next Week

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

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) filed cloture on the motion to proceed with two fiscal year 2020 bills Oct. 17, opening up the possibility of the Senate voting next week on first a minibus bill full of domestic spending and then following with a second minibus that includes defense. The first package includes FY ’20 funding for commerce, justice, and space, as well as agriculture, interior, military construction and veterans’ affairs, and transportation and housing and urban development. Should…

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