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The House cleared a catchall omnibus bill Friday containing $1.7 trillion in fiscal 2023 annual and emergency spending.

The Senate is set to vote on final passage of the sprawling $1.7 trillion fiscal 2023 omnibus package on Thursday.

Ukrainian President Zelensky, in a rare joint address to Congress by a foreign leader, pleaded for more military aid to counter Russia.

Senators left the Capitol late Wednesday as a partisan dispute over pandemic-era border restrictions snarled debate on the omnibus.

The Senate took its first step Tuesday toward passing a nearly $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package needed before Christmas Eve.

WASHINGTON — Democratic and Republican appropriators released a sprawling, $1.7 trillion fiscal 2023 omnibus spending bill early Tuesday morning, setting up a race to the finish line for the 117th Congress by the end of this week.

Appropriators released a sprawling, $1.7 trillion fiscal 2023 omnibus spending bill, setting up a race to finish by the end of the week.

Release of a massive $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package with all manner of unrelated add-ons was taking longer than expected.

WASHINGTON — Appropriations Committee leaders distributed spending allocations to their dozen subcommittees on Thursday, sources familiar with the talks said, one of the last steps before lawmakers and staff can finish drafting the sprawling omnibus package they plan to unveil Monday afternoon.

WASHINGTON — Appropriators plan to introduce a long-awaited omnibus spending package Monday afternoon in the Senate and pass it before Christmas Eve, House Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro said Thursday.

A proposed overhaul of the federal energy infrastructure permitting process from Sen. Joe Manchin III was rejected by the Senate.