• On Friday, the House voted for and Biden signed the $1.7T spending bill that is known on Capitol Hill as an omnibus, to fund FY 2023.
• The bill will provide $772.5B for non-defence, domestic programs and $858B in defence funding. It also includes $45B in emergency assistance to Ukraine and NATO allies and $40B for disaster relief after hurricanes, wildfires and flooding.
• This move also revised the Electoral Count Act that aims to prevent any future presidents from trying to overturn an election. Moreover, the bill also provides $15B for more than 7,200 projects that lawmakers initiated in their home states and districts.