Senate looks to punt security spending fight into new year

By Tony Bertuca / December 19, 2023 at 5:10 PM
Senior Democrats and Republicans in the Senate are preparing to leave for the holiday break, saying today that although progress has been made on a $110.5 billion national security supplemental spending package, lawmakers remain at odds over border security provisions. Meanwhile, the White House has said it will have exhausted all its funds used to provide weapons to Ukraine by the end of the month. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said lawmakers will negotiate in the coming weeks in...

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