The Senate easily overcame the first hurdle to passing a nearly $280 billion government funding package.
The Senate easily overcame the first hurdle to passing a nearly $280 billion government funding package. In an 85-12 vote on Tuesday, the Senate took the first step toward advancing a three-bill “minibus” funding package, which combines the upper chamber’s Agriculture-FDA, Military Construction-VA and Transportation-HUD measures. Leaders aim to pass that package in a major…
