The House Appropriations Committee has released its final four spending bills as lawmakers race to meet a Jan. 30 funding deadline and avoid a lapse in government funding.
The measures would fund the departments of Homeland Security (DHS), Defense, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, Education, and related agencies.
With the House scheduled to recess next week, leaders must advance the bills through the chamber this week.
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