BUDGET BRIEFING: House Passes 6 Bills, But Next Steps Unclear

House Democrats have passed six of their 12 annual funding bills, but it’s unclear they’ll advance any more before the August recess.

House members voted 220-207 yesterday to pass a six-bill appropriations package totaling more than $400 billion, about one-fourth of overall discretionary spending for fiscal 2023. It’s possible lawmakers won’t vote on any more bills next week, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said, though he’d previously said members aim to bring up three more bills.

Yesterday’s package included Agriculture-FDA, Energy and Water, Financial Services, Interior-Environment, Military Construction-VA, and Transportation-HUD appropriations. It’s possible lawmakers could take up the Commerce-Justice-Science, ...