Senate Appropriations Committee OKs FTC Funding Bill
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 31-0 Thursday to advance to the floor its Financial Services FY 2020 budget bill. The measure, which the Financial Services Subcommittee cleared Tuesday, would allocate $339 million to the FCC and its Office of Inspector…
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General and $312.3 million to the FTC (see 1909170060). The House-passed equivalent (HR-3351) allocated the FCC the same funding level but gave the FTC $349.7 million -- $37 million more than Senate Appropriations proposes. The House, meanwhile, voted 301-123 Thursday for a continuing resolution to extend the federal government's funding through Nov. 21. It's a bid to avert a government shutdown at the end of this month. The measure needs Senate approval.