Lawmakers in both parties appear optimistic about passing six major funding bills by their Friday deadline, but are more skeptical about the progress for the six other bills, deemed “problematic,” due by the end of the month.
The tricky bills include funding for Ukraine, Israel, the Defense Department, and the Department of Homeland Security, among others.
“I feel like there’s some optimism, obviously we’re talking about six right now,” Rep. Steve Womack (R-AR.), who is on the subcommittee that handles funding for the IRS, said this week. “We got another six, those are the more problematic ones. We’ve still got a few issues that were divided on, but it’s what we do. We negotiate back and forth and find some
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