Senators scramble to wrap $1.7T spending bill in time for holidays

Dec 21 2022 by POLITICO - TOP Stories

 

A classic congressional Grinch is threatening to steal senators’ dreams of passing a colossal $1.7 trillion government funding package as soon as Wednesday to avoid a potentially paralyzing storm ahead of the holidays.

Senate leaders are eager to pass the spending bill, the final item on their to-do list before they leave Washington through the end of January. And leaders have plenty of potential leverage points as they try to nudge all 100 of their colleagues onto the nice list.

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