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Jennifer Scholtes

Budget & Appropriations Reporter at POLITICO Pro

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Congress debuts $1.37T spending deal that sidesteps border fight - POLITICO

The legislation was unveiled Monday afternoon and is expected to be signed into law before the week’s end.
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Senate approves $8.3 billion emergency coronavirus package ... - PO...

The measure now heads to President Donald Trump, who is expected to quickly sign the bill.
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‘Going to be a long winter’: Congress hits snooze on funding the go...

Debate has hardly begun on how to reach a workable bipartisan deal that would avoid another stopgap spending plan.
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Democrats embrace ‘cook-the-books’ tactic they bashed under Republi...

“Everybody plays games with it,” said House Budget Chair John Yarmuth.
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Democrats race to resolve House-Senate disputes on $3.5T megabill -...

“It is pushing it. All we can do is try,” said House Budget Chair John Yarmuth.
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GOP weighs trapping Democrats in Trump’s budget

Democrats are working to negotiate a government funding deal, but Republicans have a long list of demands before they’ll come to the table.
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Congress could face mid-December debt disaster, Yellen warns - POLI...

Yellen told congressional leaders on Tuesday that she has “a high degree of confidence” that her department will be able to finance the government through Dec. 15.

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How 14 policies could survive — or die — after Manchin's 'no' - POL...

Despite his clear opposition to enacting President Joe Biden’s $1.7T social spending package, the West Virginia senator actually likes a slew of individual policies in the plan, giving Democrats hope for turning some of those ideas into law.
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Congress declares ‘bipartisan breakthrough’ on government funding

Congressional leaders reached an overarching agreement Wednesday to boost military and non-defense budgets.
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Senate hustles to break GOP blockade ahead of Friday shutdown ... -...

Several Republicans continue to block swift passage of a stopgap government funding bill, demanding votes on vaccine mandates.
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Dems see a big upside to Johnson's conservative funding push ... - ...

The new speaker has leaned into the right flank’s spending crusade, giving House Democrats plenty of election messaging on cuts to education, Amtrak, LGBTQ policies and abortion rights.