House Eyes Passage of Six-Bill ‘Minibus’

House lawmakers will meet today for consideration of a six-bill spending package ahead of Friday’s government funding deadline. This first “minibus” — which contains the spending measures for Agriculture-FDA, Commerce-Justice-Science, Energy-Water Development, Interior-Environment, Military Construction-VA, and Transportation-HUD — is expected to pass under suspension of the rules today with support on both sides of the aisle. Following consideration of this first tranche of bills in both chambers, lawmakers will immediately turn to funding for the remaining bills — Defense, Financial Services and General Government (FSGG), Homeland Security, Labor-HHS-Education, Legislative Branch, and State-Foreign Operations — which runs through March 22.