The Senate passed a $1.7 trillion omnibus package Thursday that funds the federal government through September, teeing up what's expected to be a relativity speedy passage in the House on Friday.
The spending bill provides Ukraine with $45 billion in military and economic aid and sets aside $38 billion for emergency disaster assistance.
It passed with a large bipartisan majority, 68-29, wrapping up the Senate’s legislative business in the 117th Congress a few days before Christmas.
The omnibus bill represents one of several major bipartisan legislation accomplishments of President Biden’s first two years in office, along with the $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act; the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, to address gun violence; and the $280 billion Chips and Science Act, to improve U.S. competitiveness with China.
It spends $858 billion on defense programs, a 9.7 percent increase, and $772.5 billion on nondefense, non-veterans-related programs, representing a 5.5 percent increase.
As a backup because of the looming threat of a federal shutdown at midnight Friday, the Senate also passed a stopgap measure to continue government funding until Biden has a chance to sign the omnibus.
Read more about the omnibus bill here.
✏️ Here are the last-minute changes made to the bill.
