Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL), the senior Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced Wednesday that negotiators have reached “a breakthrough” agreement on the framework for an omnibus spending package that he predicts will help the two sides agree to the spending toplines very soon, The Hill reports.
He called the development “big.”


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