Senate Passes $1.7 Trillion Spending Bill Ahead of Friday Deadline
Posted on AllSides December 22nd, 2022
From The Left
The Senate on Thursday approved a mammoth spending package that would fund the federal government and send another round of financial assistance to Kyiv, a day after lawmakers welcomed President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine to Capitol Hill.
Approval of the roughly $1.7 trillion measure came less than three days after the sprawling package was unveiled, with lawmakers racing to beat a midnight Friday deadline to avert a shutdown and keep the government funded through next fall. Mr. Zelensky’s daring decision to visit Washington intensified the pressure to act on the...
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