Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said the Senate’s No. 1 priority needs to be avoiding a 'pointless shutdown,' imploring colleagues in the House to treat the situation with urgency despite an impasse over a set of demands by hard-line conservatives.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the Senate’s No. 1 priority needs to be avoiding a"pointless shutdown," imploring colleagues in the House to treat the situation with urgency despite an impasse over a set of demands by hard-line conservatives.
Ahead of the August recess, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved all 12 bills in line with the caps laid out in the debt ceiling deal negotiated by President Joe Biden and McCarthy. The agreement limits overall national security spending in fiscal 2024 to $886 billion, which is roughly a 3% increase from current levels. In fiscal 2025, defense spending would be capped at $895 billion, a 1% increase from the previous year.
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