This week will help determine whether House Republicans succeed — unlike last year — in passing all 12 of the year’s spending bills with deep cuts for energy and environment programs.
Leaders are planning to put their first fiscal 2025 bill on the floor: Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, one of the least controversial.
“We’re going to bring 12 bills that fund government, and we’re going to have a robust debate on spending,” Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) told Fox News last week.
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The Appropriations Committee, led by Chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.), will also release its Defense, Homeland Security, Financial Services-General Government and State-Foreign Operations bills.
