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Appropriations Round-Up: What the Senate Said

If you read our last blog on appropriations in July, you know that when we left off, the House had passed several appropriations bills through committee and that the next step was for the Senate to release their own versions. As last month came to a close, they did just that, putting all bills through the Senate Appropriations Committee before leaving for the August recess.

We’ll see Congress return to session briefly in September before departing again for the final stretches of this fall’s campaign season, but in the meantime, we’re reporting back now that we can see the House and Senate bills side by side. As explained in the previous blog, we are not likely to see final FY25 numbers enacted into law until after the fiscal year starts, but doing this analysis of the proposed bills can be helpful for two reasons. [read more]….