House Continues Markups of FY19 Appropriations Bills

The House will markup its FY2019 Military Construction-Veterans Affairs and Legislative Branch bills in full committee and the Energy and Water bill in subcommittee next week. The House Republican strategy for considering all of the FY2019 spending bills may be to move the less-controversial bills to the floor first. They may also “pre-conference” with the Senate on a few measures in order to expedite passage through both chambers before the August recess. The Military Construction-Veterans Affairs bill is expected to be the first spending bill on the floor. The Defense spending bill might also be in the first batch of bills.