Lawmakers from the House and Senate reached a bipartisan deal to fund the government beyond December 20 when the current stopgap spending plan runs out. The agreement was announced by House Appropriations Chair Nita Lowey, D-N.Y.
Lowey and her Republican appropriations counterparts and Senate appropriators made the announcement that they have agreed on all 12 spending bills for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020.
Details of the deal, however, are not yet available even though lawmakers want to release it as soon as possible, Lowey said.
Keys will be what lawmakers were able to work out on the border wall and on the Trump administration’s Title X policy blocking federal funds to groups that refer patients for abortions. Bloomberg reported the deal includes $1.375 billion for the border wall.
As for the White House, Senate Appropriations Chair Richard Shelby, R-Ala., said, “They’ve been involved. But we have to make the decisions.”
Expectations are the House will vote on the plans Tuesday, December 17.
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