In the wee hours of March 21, the text of the second appropriations bill—totaling $1.2 trillion—to fund most of the U.S. government was unveiled.
The second tranche of spending legislation covers 70 percent of the federal government. This includes the Department of Defense, Treasury Department, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Education, and Department of State.
If Congress does not pass the bill by March 23, a partial government shutdown will occur.
Here’s how the bill breaks down.
Defense Department
The Pentagon would get $825 billion in total.
It includes a 5.2 percent increase in basic pay for members of the military—the largest basic pay increase in two decades…. Original News Source Link – Epoch Times
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