Biden signs $1.7 trillion government funding bill to avoid a shutdown. The bill includes more emergency aid for Ukraine and natural disaster relief.
President Joe Biden on Thursday signed a $1.7 trillion federal spending bill that includes a number of administration priorities and officially avoids a government shutdown, ending what he called a “year of historic progress.” “It’ll invest in medical research, safety, veteran health care, disaster recovery, funding – and gets crucial assistance to Ukraine,” Biden wrote in a tweet. He added: “Looking forward to more in 2023.” The legislation includes $772.
Richard Shelby of Alabama, the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee. And the legislation contains several major Medicaid provisions, notably one that could disenroll up to 19 million people from the nation’s health insurance program for low-income Americans. However, the bill, which runs more than 4,000 pages, left out several measures that some lawmakers had fought to include.
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