💰Multiple federal departments have reached a funding deal, ensuring government funding through September.
🏛️The $460 billion measure passed in the Senate just before the midnight deadline.
🤝Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle consider the funding bill a compromise.
🔝Democrats praise increases to WIC, while Republicans are pleased with spending cuts elsewhere.
⏰Lawmakers will have to go through a similar process with a different round of funding in two weeks.
What does this funding deal mean?
—This funding deal ensures that multiple federal departments in the government will have funding through September, preventing a government shutdown.
When was the funding deal passed?
—The funding deal was passed in the Senate just before the midnight deadline.
How do lawmakers view this funding bill?
—Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle consider the funding bill a compromise, with Democrats praising increases to WIC and Republicans satisfied with spending cuts elsewhere.
What happens in two weeks?
—In two weeks, lawmakers will have to go through a similar process with a different round of funding, as some funding is set to expire at midnight on March 23rd.
Is there any opposition expected for the next funding bill?
—There is expected to be less pushback for the next funding bill, which includes defense funding.
00:00Multiple federal departments have reached a funding deal, ensuring government funding through September.
00:14The $460 billion measure passed in the Senate just before the midnight deadline.
00:22Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle consider the funding bill a compromise.
00:25Democrats praise increases to WIC, while Republicans are pleased with spending cuts elsewhere.
00:45Lawmakers will have to go through a similar process with a different round of funding in two weeks.
