For the first time in more than two years, Congress is expected to pass a year-long spending plan written by U.S. House and Senate Appropriations Committees. While the proposal reduces overall discretionary spending for the fourth consecutive year – something no Congress has done since the Korean War – it addresses several Southwest Washington priorities: funding for small port and channel maintenance, protection for recreational and economic opportunities within U.S. forestland, resources to su...
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Jaime Herrera Beutler released the following statement following her vote in support of the bipartisan, bicameral budget proposal: "During the shutdown in October I said we needed to stop governing from crisis to crisis in Congress. The first step to moving beyond this destructive pattern is to pass a budget, and so today I supported this budget proposal that maintains cost savings and cuts the federal deficit without new taxes. “By passing this legislation, we also will return to a more normal ...
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