Top Lawmakers Reach Deal on FY23 Spending 'Framework'

Abstract

Leaders of the Senate and House Appropriations Committee have reached an agreement on a "Framework" for what would be a massive omnibus spending measure that would fund the government through next Sept. 30, the end of the 2023 federal fiscal year. The legislators, who announced the bipartisan deal in the evening of Dec. 13, did not immediately say how big the package would be or provide specifics about its contents. While congressional appropriators work to flesh out the framework with detailed bill language and line-item funding specifics for hundreds of federal programs, they also are pursuing a one-week stopgap measure to keep the government operating while they hammer out the big package. Federal agencies now are operating under a continuing resolution, or CR, which expires on Dec. 16. Appropriators have started the process for producing another CR, to expire Dec. 23. Their hope is that the additional week will give them time to finish negotiating a full fiscal 2023 omnibus measure.