Senate committee sets a date for the budget markup

The Senate Appropriations Committee has set a date for its budget markup, ending several weeks of uncertainty over whether the process would slip past the recess.

The calendar leaves three weeks for amendments. Appropriators from both parties described that window as tight but workable, with the caveat that it assumes no floor time is lost to unrelated business.

Two subcommittee chairs said the compressed schedule will push the harder disagreements into conference rather than resolving them in committee, which is where comparable bills have stalled in recent cycles.

A committee aide said the markup notice will be published with the usual seven days of warning.