House Could Vote On Spending Package Thursday; GOP Warns Of Clash Over D.C.’s Use Of Local Funds For Abortion

The House could vote as early as Thursday on an omnibus spending package that would include six unresolved fiscal year 2010 appropriations bills, CongressDaily reports (Sanchez, CongressDaily, 12/8). The omnibus package would include six of the seven remaining FY 2010 spending bills: Commerce-Justice-Science (HR 2847), Financial Services (HR 3170), Labor-HHS-Education (HR 3293), Military Construction-Veterans Affairs (HR 3082), State-Foreign Operations (HR 3081) and Transportation-HUD (HR 3288). The Transportation-HUD measure would be the legislative vehicle for the package…

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