Bipartisan Spending Bills Proposed to Avert Shutdown, Fund Key Agencies Through Fall
• Congressional leaders unveiled 6 bipartisan spending bills to fund parts of government, totaling over $450B • Bills fund agencies like Agriculture, Transportation, HUD, Veterans Affairs through early fall • Aims to avert government shutdown before funding expires this Friday • Republicans highlighted cuts to EPA, ATF, FBI; Democrats touted full funding for nutrition programs • Some Republicans dissatisfied with process, commitment to more open discussion for next year