Key Points
In an attempt to avoid a government shutdown later this month,Congressional leaders have agreed on the overall spending level for the rest of this year, 2024..
Heres what the $1.66 trillion deal includes $886 billion for defence and $772.7 billion for non-defense spending.P)..
"The bipartisan topline appropriations agreement clears the way for Congress to act over the next few weeks in order to maintain important funding priorities for the American people and avoid a government shutdown," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, both New York Democrats, said in a statement Sunday, January 7, according to NBC News..
No annual appropriations bills funding the government has successfully made it through the Republican-controlled House and the Democratic-led Senate to date..
Schumer and Jeffries said they have "made clear to Speaker Mike Johnson that Democrats will not support including poison pill policy changes in any of the twelve appropriations bills put before the Congress." ..
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