This Week in Congress: The $854 Billion Defense, Labor, Health, and Education “Minibus”
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The Senate is set to tackle its third bipartisan “minibus” package of appropriations bills this week while the House continues its August recess.
The Senate convenes Monday when it’ll consider amendments to a $854 billion “minibus” funding package that combines its fiscal year 2019 defense appropriations bill with the education, health, and labor funding bill. Over the course of the debate, which may last several days, the Senate will modify the House’s $675 billion defense spending bill to include all the components of its minibus. A passage vote occur later in the week depending on how debate over amendments progresses.
Check here throughout the week to see the vote results and updates to the schedule.
Schedule subject to change. All times Eastern.
Senate
Monday after 5:30pm
- S. 6157: Minibus III (Defense; Labor, HHS, and Education) Amendment votes only.
Tuesday after 12pm
- S. 6157: Minibus III (Defense; Labor, HHS, and Education) Amendment votes only.
Wednesday
- S. 6157: Minibus III (Defense; Labor, HHS, and Education) Debate only.
Thursday
- Cloture vote on the substitute amendment to S. 6157: Minibus III (Defense; Labor, HHS, and Education) Invoked 90-6.
- S. 6157: Minibus III (Defense; Labor, HHS, and Education) Passed 85-7.
House
Out All Week
- The House will return Tuesday, September 4th.
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