{"id":529562,"date":"2022-12-20T15:16:47","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T12:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/congressional-negotiators-roll-out-sweeping-1-7-trillion-funding-bill\/"},"modified":"2022-12-20T15:16:47","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T12:16:47","slug":"congressional-negotiators-roll-out-sweeping-1-7-trillion-funding-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/congressional-negotiators-roll-out-sweeping-1-7-trillion-funding-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"#Congressional negotiators roll out sweeping $1.7 trillion funding bill\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e2de119214\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3e2de119214\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/congressional-negotiators-roll-out-sweeping-1-7-trillion-funding-bill\/#Congressional_negotiators_roll_out_sweeping_17_trillion_funding_bill\" >Congressional negotiators roll out sweeping $1.7 trillion funding bill\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Congressional_negotiators_roll_out_sweeping_17_trillion_funding_bill\"><\/span>Congressional negotiators roll out sweeping $1.7 trillion funding bill\u00a0<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/MR-leahy_122022ap.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Congressional negotiators unveiled a mammoth $1.7 trillion funding bill early Tuesday, as leaders scramble to quickly sort out government funding for fiscal 2023 before the end of the month.<\/p>\n<p>The 4,155-page\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.appropriations.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/JRQ121922.PDF\">funding package<\/a>, which lawmakers hope to pass later this week, includes $772.5 billion in non-defense discretionary spending, and $858 billion in defense funding, a figure in line with the dollar level set by the National Defense Authorization Act that passed both chambers earlier this month.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Negotiators say they settled on more than $45 billion in funding to support Ukraine amid Russia\u2019s ongoing invasion, up from the $37.7 billion that the White House\u00a0requested\u00a0in assistance last month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPassing this bipartisan, bicameral, omnibus <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriations bill is undoubtedly in the interest of the American people,\u201d Senate Appropriations Chair Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said. \u201cIt is the product of months of hard work and compromise, and I want to thank my friends Vice Chairman Shelby and Chair DeLauro for their partnership and hard work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The package consists of all 12 annual appropriations bills Congress, and would fund the government through the remainder of fiscal 2023, which runs through now until September.<\/p>\n<p>Hours ahead of the package\u2019s unveiling, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) boasted the plus-up in proposed defense funding as significant when compared to the smaller increase seen in nondefense funding levels that would be set in the omnibus.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell\u00a0said\u00a0the bill would provide \u201ca substantial real-dollar increase to the defense baseline and a substantial real-dollar cut to the non-defense, non-veterans baseline.\u201d He noted that, unlike the proposed defense budget, the nondefense baseline would see an increase below the rate of inflation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Negotiators say defense funding baseline saw about a 10 percent increase, compared to almost half that increase for the nondefense baseline, when not factoring the veterans funding \u2013 which Democrats had previously pressed be categorized in its own section in spending talks.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>By comparison, the annual inflation rate hit 7.1 percent last month.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans pressed hard for domestic spending that Democrats passed in packages without GOP support, like the Inflation Reduction Act and the American Rescue Plan, to also be factored into negotiations, while pressing for a drawdown in nondefense spending.<\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest battles seen in the weeks leading up to the bill brewed within the GOP over how long Congress should delay setting new government funding levels for fiscal 2023, which began in October.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Republicans in both chambers have been pressuring leaders to hold off new government funding until next early year, when the House ushers in a GOP-led majority, to give the party more influence over how agencies should be funded through next fall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI object to the way we run our government, the way Congress really abdicates its power of the purse,\u201d Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said on Monday, lamenting the omnibus as \u201cthousands of pages long created by a few people basically in secret.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI object to a trillion deficit being added to our total tab of $31 trillion. So I object to the entire process \u2014 to the spending, to the debt being added. How that works out this week I don\u2019t know yet, but I promise you were going to be very loud,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear when the bill will come to the floor, but the Senate is expected to vote on the legislation by Dec. 22. <\/p>\n<p>Its expected passage in the days ahead will cap off months of stalemates and haggling between both sides over issues like levels of growth for defense and nondefense spending and decades-old riders.<\/p>\n<p>However, many Republicans have pushed back on the idea, instead citing concerns about funding for national security and defense.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Congress currently has until Friday to pass funding legislation to stave off a shutdown.<\/p>\n<p><em>Al Weaver contributed<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2013Updated at 7:24 a.m.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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