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Omnibus spending package reflects shaky detente in Trump’s final chapter
</p> The massive bill will then go to the Senate for one final vote before heading to Trump’s desk for a signature.
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</p> The massive bill will then go to the Senate for one final vote before heading to Trump’s desk for a signature.
</p> Tucked deep inside the 5,593-page omnibus bill is bipartisan legislation authored by both sets of Illinois and Missouri senators and seven House lawmakers from the two states that would reverse an
</p> [jwp-video n=”1″]</p> Under the House procedural maneuver, adoption of the rule for floor debate on the big spending package would automatically send the new stopgap bill to the Senate, which would
</p> Some Democrats were also frustrated with leadership’s decision to begin votes less than six hours after the massive bill was released just before 2 p.m. Rep.
</p> Pelosi praised the move in a Monday statement, noting that this year’s defense authorization bill also calls for the renaming of bases that were named for Confederates.
</p> The House passed the bill on a 329-65 vote Sunday night, and the Senate cleared it by voice vote about two hours later.
</p> The coronavirus relief provisions were being added to a giant $1.4 trillion omnibus spending bill for fiscal 2021 that House lawmakers were set to vote on Monday.
</p> If the Fed lending deal holds, lawmakers could clear a nearly $1 trillion COVID-19 aid package as well as the underlying $1.4 trillion fiscal 2021 appropriations bill before stopgap funding for federal
</p> The Senate passed the bill on a voice vote after several potential objections fell away.
The $900 billion coronavirus relief bill that would extend economic lifelines to thousands of struggling small businesses, 14 million unemployed Americans and 17 million renters facing eviction could hit
House leaders were prepping a short-term stopgap measure to get at least through Sunday with the broader aid package and fiscal 2021 omnibus appropriations bill still under development.</p> Sen.
</p> Then-President Bill Clinton, who faced a GOP-controlled Senate, installed Roger Gregory to the 4th Circuit via recess appointment in December 2000.
Disagreements over a temporary spending bill, including whether one was even needed, threatened a government funding lapse as lawmakers slowly worked their way through COVID-19 aid bill disputes.
</p> House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has said he would not vote in favor of an override of the bill, which is known as the NDAA.
</p> [Fine print issues snag tentative pact on coronavirus relief bill]</p> Various skirmishes became apparent over the course of the day Wednesday, including how to structure housing assistance for
</p> Spanberger teamed up with Roy to introduce the bill last summer.
</p> That suggests another stopgap will be needed to prevent a partial shutdown, at least to give the Senate time to process the massive bill.
“It’s not a perfect bill,” Warner said. “But at $900 billion, this is a lot of aid for people in need.”
bill.
</p> That busy agenda includes a must-pass omnibus spending bill and a coronavirus relief package, which could serve as vehicles for the FAA legislation.</p> Rep.