Lawmakers early Tuesday unveiled a spending bill for fiscal 2023 as they race to pass the measure by the end of the week in the last act of the Democratic-controlled Congress
WASHINGTON—.is the product of months of behind-the-scenes haggling and carries an additional $44.9 billion to support the war in Ukraine, $40.
6 billion for disasters like drought and hurricanes as well as special money earmarked for projects in lawmakers’ home districts. It includes policy provisions, such as updating the 1887 Electoral Count Act to try to make it harder to block the certification of a presidential election and avoid a repeat of the
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