ECA Update: GOP leaders reveal stopgap spending bill

Published: Wed, 12/07/16

LEGISLATIVE:
GOP leaders reveal stopgap spending bill
The Hill
December 6, 2016
GOP leaders announced a deal Tuesday to keep the government funded for nearly six months, with a slight boost to defense spending and bipartisan health programs. 
The 70-page stopgap spending bill runs through April 28, allowing the incoming Donald Trump administration to take an active role in negotiations this spring.

The House will take up the bill as early as Thursday, aiming to clear it through the Senate by the Friday deadline.

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) said in a statement late Tuesday that the bill “does not include controversial riders, or major changes in existing federal policy.”  
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2017 Defense Authorization Act passes House; waiting on Senate
Waay TV
December 6, 2016
The 2017 version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) has passed the US House of Representatives, and is now waiting on the United States Senate, who are expected to take it up sometime this week. 

The bill, which is one of the largest bills Congress passes each year, passed the House with a vet-proof majority of 375 to 34, and is on the Senate calendar to take up this week, where it is expected to pass. Once passed, it will go to the President for his signature.”  
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