Sen. Collins Warns Spending Talks Behind Schedule

Sen. Collins Warns Spending Talks Behind Schedule

Sen. Collins Warns Spending Talks Behind Schedule

Top Senate appropriators, including Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, are privately warning colleagues that spending talks are running behind schedule, Axios reported.

The stopgap funding bill that passed in late December expires March 14, and talks between the Senate and House just began recently, according to the Wednesday report.

Collins and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., are concerned that spending talks have been put on the back burner with reconciliation planning on the forefront ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, according to Axios.

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