Omnibus spending talks heat up
CQ Budget, Episode 259
After weeks of inaction, top appropriators and congressional leaders began making headway on a bipartisan deal that would pave the way for an overdue omnibus spending package, but big sticking points remain. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman, Lindsey McPherson and Paul M. Krawzak outline the state of negotiations and discuss prospects for raising the debt limit and the fate of a proposed earmarks ban.
Show Notes
- VA health care funds, military vaccine rule gum up omnibus talks
- House GOP votes down earmark ban proposal
- House, Senate negotiators set to meet on omnibus funding
- Negotiations at standstill on omnibus spending package