Washington Hotline

Shawnda Hines

Abstract

Premidterm election priorities in Washington

With just weeks to go before midterm elections, Congress is both making and delaying decisions on issues that are important to libraries.

On September 13, the U.S. House and Senate Appropriations Committees released a conference committee report on fiscal year 2019 funding for programs under the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, which controls spending levels for many federal library programs.

The news is good.

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