Calendar Tight for Approps
One July Week for Two Bills
- By Emily Pierce
- Roll Call Staff
- July 9, 2007, Midnight
While July is often reserved for appropriations bills in the Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has set aside very little time to complete even one or two bills this month, despite the fact that the chamber’s conservatives appear in no mood to help smooth the way and President Bush is expected to veto the majority of spending measures that reach his desk.
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