Senate Eyes Funding Bill Markup for May, Top-Line Talks Continue

Senate appropriators aim to mark up their first government funding bill by mid-May, Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray (D-Wash.) said, as leaders continue negotiating top-line spending levels for fiscal 2024.

Murray in a brief interview Tuesday said the committee plans to start markups on May 18, and that conversations with Vice Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) on top-line spending levels are still happening, even as senators increasingly shift their attention to debt-limit talks.

The date isn’t set in stone and is contingent on a top-line spending agreement that would allow subcommittee leaders to write their bills. The committee has yet to ...