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Following months of negotiations to fund the government, President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a $1.2 trillion spending bill that will provide funding through the rest of the fiscal year, while also increasing defense spending and setting spending guidelines for several government agencies.
Defense spending was increased to $824 billion, an increase of nearly $27 billion from the previous fiscal year, while basic military pay was increased by 5.2%, the An additional $200 million for a new FBI headquarters in Maryland is included in the package, in addition to a $1 billion increase in funding for Child Care and Head Start programs.
The package does not include new border wall funding, though it includes funding for 2,000 new Border Patrol agents and 8,000 additional detention beds for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Also included in the package is a one-year ban on funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, $300 million in security assistance for Ukraine and $300 million in military funding for Taiwan.Friday to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., from his position over the legislation moments before the House was set to vote.
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