Rep. Kind announces $16.5M for community projects in U.S. House appropriations bills
$16.5 million in community projects have been successfully added to U.S. House appropriations bills for 2023, according to Rep. Ron Kind.
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$16.5 million in community projects have been successfully added to U.S. House appropriations bills for 2023, according to Rep. Ron Kind.
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Congress is once again running right up to the brink of a government shutdown.
The top two appropriators in Congress clinched a deal on topline spending levels that should clear the way for at least some of the 12 spending bills to be passed and signed into law before the December 20 deadline, according to two aides with direct knowledge.
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Bipartisan congressional spending negotiators have reached a critical stage in the closed-door talks to take a potential government shutdown later this month off the table.