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CQ Budget, Episode No. 327

Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., left, and ranking member Susan Collins, R-Maine, agreed to shelve the Homeland Security bill until the fall.
Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., left, and ranking member Susan Collins, R-Maine, agreed to shelve the Homeland Security bill until the fall. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)
By David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Valerie Yurk
Posted July 29, 2024 at 6:46pm

Senate appropriators scrapped plans to take up their Homeland Security bill this week, while the House punted on three spending bills before leaving town for an extended summer recess. CQ Roll Call’s Aidan Quigley, Valerie Yurk and David Lerman discuss the latest setbacks to the appropriations process and the challenge awaiting Congress this fall.

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