As Congress creeps closer to a government shutdown deadline, leaders unveiled a $1.3 trillion plan to fund the federal government through September on Wednesday night.
So what is in the omnibus bill? Here’s just some of what’s included in the plan:
Legislation that will incentivize states and federal agencies to enter data into the country’s National Instant Criminal Background Checks system for gun purchases. $4 billion to address the country’s opioid crisis $ 380 million for election security grants Funding that can be used for the controversial Gateway project, which aims to bolster railway infrastructure between New York and New Jersey A technical fix to the tax bill that now will give grain buyers — regardless of whether they are a co-op or not — equal footing $21 billion for infrastructure projects all around the country An increase in Childcare Development Block Grants, Expansion of the low-income housing tax credit More money for the National Park Service More money for veteran hospitals and veterans’ homes Pay raise for the troops $2.3 billion for school safety $1.57 billion for border security, including barriers and technology
