President Joe Biden signed a $1.7 trillion spending bill that will keep the federal government operating through the end of the federal budget year in September 2023.
President Joe Biden on Thursday signed a $1.7 trillion spending bill that will keep the federal government operating through the end of the federal budget year in September 2023
The president thanked a bipartisan group of House and Senate leaders in a short message on Thursday, including House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., as well as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. "Neither side got everything it wanted in this agreement – that’s what happens in a negotiation," the president added, later noting: "This bill is further proof that Republicans and Democrats can come together to deliver for the American people, and I’m looking forward to continued bipartisan progress in the year ahead."
The funding bill includes a roughly 6% increase in spending for domestic initiatives, to $772.5 billion. Spending on defense programs will increase by about 10%, to $858 billion. Though support for Ukraine aid has largely been bipartisan, some House Republicans have opposed the spending and argued that the money would be better spent on priorities in the United States.The bill also includes about $40 billion in emergency spending, mostly to help communities across the U.S. as they recover from drought, hurricanes and other natural disasters.
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