Negotiators from both parties released a topline spending agreement late Tuesday aimed at keeping federal agencies funded while committee chairs finalize defense and domestic allocations.
Senate leaders from both parties unveiled a bipartisan appropriations framework on Tuesday evening, clearing a procedural hurdle as lawmakers work to avert a partial lapse in federal funding.
Under the agreement announced by senior members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, subcommittee chairs will receive updated allocation targets to complete drafting the remaining full-year spending bills.
House leadership aides said lawmakers in the lower chamber are reviewing the legislative text and will confer with caucus members Wednesday morning before scheduling floor action.
White House Office of Management and Budget officials welcomed the bipartisan progress, urging Congress to send clean legislation to the president’s desk without policy riders that could delay enactment.
