{"id":1954452,"date":"2023-06-22T16:43:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T20:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-appropriations-committee-sets-stage-for-showdown-with-house\/"},"modified":"2023-06-22T16:44:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T20:44:01","slug":"senate-appropriations-committee-sets-stage-for-showdown-with-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-appropriations-committee-sets-stage-for-showdown-with-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Appropriations Committee prepares for showdown with House."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenate-appropriations-committee-sets-stage-for-showdown-with-house%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1954452&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<h2>Senate Appropriations Committee Takes Action on Spending Bills<\/h2>\n<p>The Senate Appropriations Committee recently passed two bills and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-appropriations-committee-sets-stage-for-showdown-with-house\/\" title=\"Senate Appropriations Committee prepares for showdown with House.\">approved top-line spending<\/a> for 10 others, setting the stage for a showdown with the House of Representatives. The committee session, known as a markup, allowed for debate, amendments, and voting on the bills.<\/p>\n<p>The spending levels were determined by the Fiscal Responsibility Act, a bipartisan agreement reached by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The act limits defense spending to $886.2 billion and non-defense spending to $703.7 billion for fiscal year 2024. The combined spending in the 12 annual appropriations bills must fall within these limits.<\/p>\n<p>While Senate leaders have pledged to implement the spending levels indicated by the act, House Republicans are pushing for even larger spending cuts. If both chambers fail to agree on all 12 spending bills by Jan. 1, 2024, the act mandates a 1 percent cut in discretionary spending.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5350496\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/06\/22\/id5350496-EpochImages-7957461850-1200x800.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/06\/22\/id5350496-EpochImages-7957461850-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) speaks during a hearing to review the President\u2019s fiscal year 2024 budget request for the National Guard and Reserve in Washington on June 1, 2023. (Madalina Vasiliu\/The Epoch Times)\"><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<h2>Senators Determined to Pass Appropriations Bills<\/h2>\n<p>Despite their frustrations with the Fiscal Responsibility Act, senators from both parties are resolved to pass their appropriations bills on time. Chair Patty Murray expressed concern about the limitations imposed by the act but emphasized the importance of fulfilling their responsibilities as appropriators and members of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Vice Chair Susan Collins echoed Murray&#8217;s sentiments, emphasizing the need to avoid a shutdown or damaging funding cuts. The spending totals for each of the 12 bills passed on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-joe-manchin-threatens-to-derail-bidens-1-9-trillion-aid-bill-unless-it-receives-bipartisan-support\/\" title=\"Sen. Joe Manchin Threatens To Derail Biden\u2019s .9 Trillion Aid Bill Unless It Receives \u2018Bipartisan\u2019 Support\">party-line vote<\/a> over Republican opposition.<\/p>\n<p>The committee also passed two appropriations bills that had already cleared their subcommittees, addressing Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, as well as Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies.<\/p>\n<h2>Subcommittee Battles on the Horizon<\/h2>\n<p>Now, each appropriations subcommittee must craft its spending bill within its allocation. However, further negotiation is possible. Senator Collins expressed hope for reaching an agreement to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantiss-team-blasts-back-after-biden-admin-tries-to-politicize-florida-ventilator-order\/\" title=\"DeSantis\u2019s Team Blasts Back After Biden Admin Tries To Politicize Florida Ventilator Order\">ensure adequate resources<\/a> for the military and the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Lindsey Graham raised concerns about military spending and border security, foreshadowing potential debates at the subcommittee level. He emphasized the importance of providing sufficient funding for Homeland Security in light of the border situation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5350506\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/06\/22\/id5350506-EpochImages-7671351918-xl-1200x800.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/06\/22\/id5350506-EpochImages-7671351918-xl-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)\"><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate Appropriations Committee passed two bills and approved spending for 10 others as per the Fiscal Responsibility Act. This agreement was reached by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in May. The committee session on June 22 marked the action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1793,"featured_media":1954453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1954452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1793"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1954452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1954452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1954453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1954452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1954452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1954452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}