The Transportation, Tourism and Economic Development budget silo has some of the most important spending to lawmakers.

But as a Thursday deadline on budget conferences passed, the House and Senate still had major disagreements on spending. Indeed, the chambers still differed about how much money was available to spend on important issues like disaster relief.

For starters, the total spending in the silo remained roughly $503 million apart in the chamber. The Senate Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development Appropriations Committee budgeted more than $17.9 billion in its latest offer. But a counter from the House Transportation & Economic Development Budget Subcommittee included more than $18.4 billion in spending.

But in one sense, it’s misleading to see the House as

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