Sen. Richard Shelby (Ala.), the senior Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced Wednesday that negotiators have reached a "breakthrough” agreement on the framework for an omnibus spending package that he predicts will help the two sides agree to the spending top lines very soon.



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Top lawmakers say Democrats and Republicans have finally agreed on a framework for overall defense and domestic spending for this year

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats and Republicans finally agreed on a framework for overall defense and domestic spending for this year, top lawmakers said Wednesday, opening the door to work on bills detailing how the government will spend well above $1 trillion on everything from Army tanks to veterans hospitals. 

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Democratic congressional negotiators announced Wednesday that they have reached agreement on a "framework" for government funding for fiscal year 2022.

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By Clare Foran and Morgan Rimmer, CNNDemocratic congressional negotiators announced Wednesday that they have reached agreement on a “framework” for government funding for fiscal year 2022.The development is a major step for an effort by lawmakers to craft and pass a sweeping spending package to fund the government through the rest of the fiscal year. Now lawmakers will have to negotiate and agree on the specifics of the spending package and work…

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Congressional negotiators announced Wednesday they have reached agreement on the framework for a massive government spending package, one day after the House passed a stopgap funding bill.

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Democrats and Republicans finally agreed on a framework for overall defense and domestic spending for this year, top lawmakers said Wednesday, opening the door to work on bills detailing how the government will spend well above $1 trillion on everything from Army tanks to veterans hospitals.

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House and Senate bargainers did not reveal details of their accord, or even explicitly say they'd agreed to specific dollar figures. They've been trying for months to reach agreement on how to divide up the money. Both categories easily exceeded $600 billion last year, not counting many billions more each received in emergency spending.

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