Senate lawmakers have just started considering fiscal 2022 spending bills, but Republicans are warning the overall package needs to boost defense money and exclude abortion rights and other “poison pill” language to win their support.

Minority Leader Mitch McConnell warned Democrats from the Senate floor Wednesday that any spending agreement must include adequate military funding and exclude policy riders GOP lawmakers traditionally oppose.

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