The Senate today took a first step toward advancing some government funding
The Senate on Thursday took a first step toward advancing some government funding, passing a bipartisan package of bills that would pay for the operations of major agencies such as Agriculture, Transportation and Interior.
Serious political divisions continue to vex the appropriations process, however, including disagreement over how to pay for the border wall and Trump's ability to shuffle federal money to build that barrier, as well as decisions on how much to allocate for big domestic priorities like health care. On Thursday, the Senate couldn't even get past the first procedural hurdle to begin debate on a package to fund the Pentagon and the departments of Education, Health and Human Services, State, Energy and Labor. That second minibus tanked in a 51-41 procedural vote, needing the support of 60 senators to advance.
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