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Appropriations committee rejects amendment that would bar spending until USDA releases frozen funds
Summary
The House Appropriations panel voted down an amendment that would have prohibited spending from the fiscal 2026 appropriations measure until the Department of Agriculture released funds frozen since the administration change.
Representative Pingree, the gentlewoman from Maine, offered an amendment to the House Appropriations bill that would bar funds in the current fiscal-year appropriations act from being expended until the Department of Agriculture unfreezes previously appropriated USDA funds and provides an accounting of their status. The amendment was debated and went to roll call, where it failed, 28–31.
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