A bipartisan bill to fund the government through the end of September protects higher-education programs that are under threat from the 2018 White House budget proposal, setting the stage for a fight over appropriations before the end of the year.
[Congress reaches deal to keep government open through September]
The congressional budget agreement reached Sunday pares back total federal spending on education by $60 million, but upholds or increases funding for a series of higher-education programs aimed at low-income students. Though the agreement, which Congress will vote on early this week, only addresses appropriations for the next few months, it signals that lawmakers are unlikely to rubber-stamp the president’s deep budget cuts for fiscal 2018.
[For more of this story, written by Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, go to https://www.washingtonpost.com...m_term=.6f3125aa9bbf]
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