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Release of a massive $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package with all manner of unrelated add-ons was taking longer than expected.

WASHINGTON — Appropriations Committee leaders distributed spending allocations to their dozen subcommittees on Thursday, sources familiar with the talks said, one of the last steps before lawmakers and staff can finish drafting the sprawling omnibus package they plan to unveil Monday afternoon.

WASHINGTON — Appropriators plan to introduce a long-awaited omnibus spending package Monday afternoon in the Senate and pass it before Christmas Eve, House Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro said Thursday.

A proposed overhaul of the federal energy infrastructure permitting process from Sen. Joe Manchin III was rejected by the Senate.

House and Senate Appropriations Committee leaders distributed spending allocations to their dozen subcommittees on Thursday

​WASHINGTON — The House passed a stopgap measure Wednesday to give Congress an extra week to complete an overdue omnibus spending package.

The House passed a stopgap measure Wednesday to give Congress an extra week to complete an overdue omnibus spending package.

WASHINGTON — Legislation to close loopholes in the formal electoral vote counting process will likely be appended to a must-pass appropriations package, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Tuesday. Supporters of President Donald Trump sought to exploit those loopholes last year to keep him in power.

The Senate's schedule for 2023 includes a break at the beginning of the year, and deviates in places from when the House will be in session.

Negotiators are nearing a bipartisan funding agreement to pave the way for an omnibus package to clear both chambers next week.

Supportive lawmakers say the bill must pass this year, given the GOP’s control of the House starting in January.