Democrats dove headfirst into 2020 spending bills this week, setting aside weeks of infighting to promote their appropriations agenda.

House panels on Wednesday advanced a $108.1 billion Military Construction-Veterans Affairs bill and a $3.9 billion legislative branch measure, a day after a separate subcommittee approved a $189.8 billion spending bill for the departments of labor, education, and health and human services.

Democrats say they are aiming to pass all 12 spending bills by the end of June.

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The turnaround follows months of intraparty fighting, in which progressives and moderates failed to reach agreement on both a budget resolution and a bill to increase spending caps.

“I think there will be members who vote against different things for different reasons, but I think it will come down to the last set of negotiations,” she said.

Despite the fact that Democrats could not pass legislation to increase spending caps by $17 billion for defense and $34 billion for non-defense, compared with current levels, they are basing their spending legislation on those increased amounts.

Trump has more recently indicated he would prefer to see a continuing resolution that keeps current spending levels in place, though Congress would still have to pass legislation lifting the statutory spending caps to avoid deep cuts.