One U.S. Senator expects action on 2017 Appropriations bills after the Senate returns from recess next week. Senator Jerry Moran, A Kansas Republican who chairs the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, said he expects action on all the fiscal year 2017 appropriations bills when the Senate returns next week, according to the Hagstrom Report. Moran made the comments during a speech to the Independent Community Bankers of America. However, he did not say when he expects the fiscal year 2017 Agriculture Appropriations bill to be considered in the Subcommittee or the Senate. The House Appropriations Committee has already approved its bill. Also, last week, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, a Maryland Democrat, suggested Congress will end up passing another catch-all spending plan, known as a continuing resolution. Hoyer made the suggestion because of the little remaining time Congress will be in session between now and the end of September deadline for appropriation bills.