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administration entitled metropolitan planning organization coordination, and lanning area reform. the speaker pro tempore: the chair would entertain a motion o adjourn. ms. plaskett: mr. speaker, i move that the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, this house stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning for morning
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>> on wednesday, the chamber will take about $1 trillion spending bill to keep the government september 30. ryan is the appropriate director. how did this agreement come together over the weekend? >> the agreement was reached on sunday, but we did not see the package until monday. legislation page of with 11 of the annual spending bills for fiscal 2017 and goes until the end of september. congress will be processing it and trying to send it to president trump before the midnight deadline on friday. >> it seemed like there were generally positive things in the
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house on both sides of the aisle. what are some of the key issues they resolved in the spending package? something forally everyone to like in the package. republicans have share the extra defense spending a next of funds for border security. democrats are happy they kept -- of trump's the priorities trump's priorities that they were opposed to. up health shore benefits for retired coal miners come all sorts of things like that, disaster aid for some states struck by national -- step by natural disasters over the past year. it seems like the only group that is not especially thrilled with this legislation are some of the more hardline conservatives who do not get some of the spending or policy provisions they were hoping for here it host: on twitter, you
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are walking us through the process. likely timeline tuesday, andus on talked about opposition for conservative republicans. what pushback might this bill get? there is not going to be too much push back. the general criticism of this bill is that it is so late, we are already seven month into the fiscal year. this bill were really fond the government for the next -- will relief fund the government for the next five months. the one negative to this omnibus is it is late in the process, but better late than never. opposition on the floor, i do not think there will be enough are -- from democrats or republicans to tank the bill. i think everybody wants it to pass and get the appropriations cycle over it -- over with.
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write your article, congress takes a victory lap on on the bus, but trump stays quiet. he said the bill contains something to celebrate for almost everyone in congress, but one central figure fell silent -- president donald trump. any indication about how the president feels about the bill? spokesmane of his said he is happy about the bill and glad there is an increase in border security and defense funding. that said, it is not necessarily a big victory for president trump. a little bit of funding he -- he only got half the funding he asked congress for. there was language in the bill that effectively bars funding
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for being used to build a wall. victory forgreat president trump, who has built himself as a great negotiator. this first spending bill may not be his best, so they have not touted it too strongly in public. press secretary sean spicer said today he has every reason to believe that trouble simon is the length along. host: ryan is appropriations director for "rollcall." thanks for the update. and senate negotiators agree to a $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill to fund the federal government to the end of this fiscal year, which is september 30. current short-term funding expires friday and congress must pass as built by then to avoid a government shutdown. the measure includes about $15 billion in additional defense the presidentsks
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to submit a copper has a plan to defeat isis. there is funding for new border security efforts, but it does not find president trump's request to build a wall along the u.s.-mexico border. there's also money for nih cancer research and emergency disaster relief. other provisions include funding for minor's the health benefits come international famine aid, opioid abuse programs, and money toreimburse law enforcement protect president-elect trump and his family prior to the inauguration. the house will pick up the omnibus spending bill tomorrow. live coverage begins at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3 and on c-span.org, you can listen on the free c-span radio app. president joe biden was in new hampshire over the weekend saying he does not plan on running for president in 2020.
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his remarks are next here on c-span. then, look at president trump's first 100 days in office. later, a discussion on the fight against isis. from senator todd young of indiana who serves on the foreign relations committee. c-span, were history unfold daily. 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america state amer sion companies -- ica's television companies. >> at a fundraising event for the new hatcher democratic party, former vice president joe biden said he does not plan on running for president in 2020. mr. biden also talked about president trump and the current political climate. he spoke briefly about the 2016 presidential election and encouraged democrats to work together.
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