The House Rules Committee advanced on June 25 three House appropriations bills to the floor of the lower congressional chamber for scheduled votes this week.
The final tally was 9–4. The bills are for funding the Departments of State, Defense, and Homeland Security.
The State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act consists of $51.713 billion, or $7.6 billion less than what was allocated for the 2024 fiscal year. It is also 19 percent less, or $12.26 billion, than what President Joe Biden requested for the 2025 fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1.
The bill specifically allocates $14.6 billion for the Department of State and several related agencies and commissions and $1.56 billion for the U.S. Agency for International Development for the 2025 fiscal year. The latter is $476 million below what was allocated for the previous fiscal year and $661 million less than what the administration requested….