All Time page views 2,340,385 159,000+ to 2 1/2 million views 4:12 pm 12/22/22 The Senate passed a massive $1.7 trillion spending bill Thursday that finances federal agencies through September

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed a massive $1.7 trillion spending bill Thursday that finances federal agencies through September and provides another large round of aid to Ukraine one day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s dramatic address to a joint meeting of Congress.

The bill, which runs for 4,155 pages, includes about $772.5 billion for domestic programs and $858 billion for defense and would finance federal agencies through the fiscal year at the end of September.

The bill passed by a vote of 68-29 and now goes to the House for a final vote before it can be sent to President Joe Biden to be signed into law. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/12/22/nation/senate-strikes-deal-unblock-17-trillion-spending-bill/?s_campaign=breakingnews:newsletter