Senate trudges toward vote on $1.7T spending bill amid conservative pushback

Dec 21 2022 by POLITICO - TOP Stories

 

What do GOP fiscal hawks hate more, a mammoth spending bill or the threat of canceling their holiday flights because of a massive storm? The Senate might soon find out.

Congress is hustling to pass a $1.7 trillion year-end spending package before leaving Washington for the year, with government funding set to run out Friday. The Senate is expected to take its first procedural vote on Tuesday after the sprawling bill’s text was released in the pre-dawn hours — but to meet its...

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