WASHINGTON — Towns and military bases in Alabama could receive millions for projects ranging from fire department funding to water system improvements to construction at military bases after the U.S. Senate passed its first funding bills Friday.

Gaining bipartisan support, the Senate passed a funding package to direct money for military construction, the Veterans Affairs Department, the Agriculture Department and the Food and Drug Administration. Lawmakers also passed a bill to fund Congressional operations Friday.

“Now, it is critically important that we do our job because, No. 1, it’s what’s best for the American taxpayers,” U.S. Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., told Alabama Daily News in an interview. “It costs them less when we actually work and work on time. A (continuing resolution) absol

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