The administration will only receive a fraction of the $37 million that is provided in a short-term continuing resolution to implement a recently-passed law addressing opioids, Democrats say.
Republicans and Democrats disagree over how much new opioid funding — which both sides support — is included as part of the stopgap spending measure. The GOP-backed continuing resolution to keep the government funded through Dec. 9 was introduced on Thursday. A procedural vote on the measure is slated for Tuesday.
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