House prepares for appropriations 'megabus'

The Hill: Move over minibus, it’s time for the megabus.

The House is preparing to consider the eight remaining appropriations bills all together come September.

In July, it passed four bills in one go as a minibus -- a play on the term “omnibus,’ a bill that lumps all 12 spending measures together.

Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas), chairman of the powerful Rules Committee, sent out a “Dear Colleague” letter Monday advising fellow Republicans that committee would accept amendments over the August recess, but that the submission deadline would likely precede the House’s return.

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