Congress Punts to Let Trump Decide Current-Year Federal Spending
Instead of negotiating a $1 trillion omnibus spending package of 11 bills, lawmakers will instead vote on a stopgap measure lasting through March 31.
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Congress has decided to put off final spending decisions for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1 into next year to give President-elect Donald Trump the chance to have the final say.
Instead of negotiating a $1 trillion omnibus spending package of 11 bills, lawmakers will instead vote on a stopgap measure lasting through March 31. The decision, announced by Speaker Paul Ryan to his conference, comes after Trump’s team communicated to lawmakers that he would prefer to keep government spending on autopilot until he’s in office.