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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
John Bowden

Speaker Mike Johnson reaches deal with Chuck Schumer for long-term spending bill

AP

House Republican leadership and their counterparts among the Democratic Senate majority are set to announce a topline deal on spending for the next fiscal year, ending a pattern of short-term funding measures that had threatened government shutdowns.

The deal, which Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer reached on Sunday, will supposedly include roughly $16b in cuts to nondefence spending while also providing for a pay increase for service members.

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