Political and Legislative
A Panel Advances the First Few Spending Bills of the 2022 Fiscal Year
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday advanced its first spending bills for fiscal 2022 as senators prepare for their fall recess and the deadline to avert a government shutdown quickly approaches.
The panel passed appropriations bills to fund the departments of Energy, Agriculture and Veteran Affairs (VA) among other agencies, marking the passage of three of the 12 appropriations bills the committee has to send to the full chamber for consideration.
The legislation includes discretionary funding of $25.855 billion for the Department of Agriculture and Food and Drug Administration, a $2.5 billion increase over spending levels for the agencies in the previous fiscal year.
