I thought they just signed a two year budget deal?
“I thought they just signed a two year budget deal?”
The budget deal was a high level framework between the senior leadership on both sides, that laid out some principles they agreed to abide by, and a total target number.
The individual appropriation bills must still be finalized and passed individually.
The devil is in the details, and some will want to renege on their assurances, insert some poison pills, or do some grandstanding.