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Senate to Vote Thursday on FY ’20 Approps Bills

By Vivienne Machi

Wednesday, December 18th, 2019

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Senate to Vote Thursday on FY ’20 Approps Bills

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

The Senate will vote on two minibus appropriations bills to fund all 12 funding bills Dec. 19, the top Republican said Dec. 18. “Tomorrow we’ll vote on government funding bills the House passed yesterday,” said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). “A lot of hard work brought this appropriations process back from the brink.” The House on Tuesday passed H.R. 1158, the national security minibus containing over $860 billion in funding bills for defense, commerce-justice science, homeland security and financial…

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