Breaking: The Senate passed a $1.65 trillion spending bill that funds the government through the rest of the fiscal year. The measure now goes to the House.
, after breaking an impasse related to immigration policy and racing through more than a dozen amendments.
The bipartisan bill passed in a 68-29 vote. It includes $858 billion in military spending, $45 billion more than President Biden had requested and up about 10% from $782 billion the prior year. It also includes $772.5 billion in nondefense discretionary spending, up almost 6% from $730 billion the prior year. The overall discretionary price tag works out to about $1.65 trillion, compared with $1.5 trillion the prior fiscal year.
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