Bipartisan funding pact advances to avert looming federal shutdown
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Congress unveiled a bipartisan $1.2 trillion funding package to finance the Pentagon and most non-defense agencies ahead of the Jan. 30 deadline, with defense funding around $839 billion and allocations for Health and Human Services, Labor, HUD, Transportation, Education and Homeland Security. Democrats want DHS funding tied to immigration-enforcement changes after a Minneapolis shooting, while House and Senate leaders plan votes this week to avert a partial shutdown.
- Congress clinches $1.2T funding deal for DHS, Pentagon, domestic agencies Politico
- This week on The Hill: Lawmakers scramble to avert partial shutdown The Hill
- House Passes H.R. 7006, Strengthening National Security, Protecting Economic Growth, and Restoring Regular Order House Committee on Appropriations (.gov)
- Appropriators release last batch of spending bills E&E News by POLITICO
- House takes step toward averting Jan. 30 government shutdown Axios
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