WASHINGTON — The budget deal that ended the federal government shutdown and avoid default on the national debt also created a budget conference committee that now has Maine Sen. Angus King as a member.
The budget conference committee is made up of U.S. Representatives and Senators from both parties and tasked with coming up with a spending plan by Dec. 13.
King announced Thursday that he is on that committee.
“I look forward to working with my House and Senate colleagues to develop a long-term budget that puts our nation back on a path to fiscal certainty and stability,” King wrote in a news statement.
The committee is led by Sens. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., and Reps. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.
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