The House will vote next week on a major funding bill that combines federal government spending with emergency money for Afghan refugees and states hit hard by summer flooding and hurricanes.
House lawmakers will return on Sept. 20 to face a long and difficult to-do list as well as a clash with Republicans, who say they’ll block legislation that raises the borrowing limit in response to a plan by Democrats to spend trillions on new social welfare programs.
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