WASHINGTON — Appropriations Committee leaders distributed spending allocations to their dozen subcommittees on Thursday, sources familiar with the talks said, one of the last steps before lawmakers and staff can finish drafting the sprawling omnibus package they plan to unveil Monday afternoon.
The measure will start in the Senate, where the plan is to attach it to a shell vehicle the House sent over on Wednesday. House Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro expressed confidence that her chamber will be able to clear the omnibus once it comes back to her side of the Capitol.
“We’re going to get an omnibus next week,” DeLauro, D-Conn., said Thursday. “I’m resolute. I can’t account for crazy things that come up, but that’s my goal.”
