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Spending allocations clash

CQ Budget, Episode No. 285

Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., second from right, and vice chair Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, right, pledged bipartisanship but clashed over subcommittee allocations. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) — Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., second from right, and vice chair Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, right, pledged bipartisanship but clashed over subcommittee allocations. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call)

By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Paul M. Krawzak

Posted June 23, 2023 at 4:24pm

Senate appropriators approved spending allocations for their 12 annual bills in a party-line vote, setting up a clash with their House counterparts. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman, Aidan Quigley, and Paul M. Krawzak assess the state of the appropriations process and a new push by former President Donald Trump to claim more executive authority over spending should he win re-election.

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