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What’s in the spending agreement? We read it so you don’t have to.
The Secret Service received $61 million in funds to help pay back local law enforcement agencies for protecting Trump at Mar-a-Lago and Trump Tower in the six months since he was elected. Lawmakers also tacked-on an extra $131 million for the U.S. Secret Service to help keep up with increased deployments to help protect the president’s extended family. ( $191 million in additional costs just for the January-September time-frame :shock: )
Commentaries on how the new bipartisan federal budget compromise will specifically impact individual federal agencies and programs.By Kelsey Snell and Ed O'Keefe
May 1, 2017
Aaron P. Bernstein/Bloomberg
Lawmakers reached an agreement late Sunday on a broad spending package to fund the federal government through the end of the fiscal year in September, ending weeks of uncertainty. The House and Senate are expected to vote on the package early this week. The bipartisan agreement includes $12.5 billion in new military spending and $1.5 billion more for border security, a major priority for Republican leaders in Congress. So, what’s in the agreement? We’ve sifted through the legislation, consulted supporting documents from Democratic and Republican aides, and called out some of the more notable and controversial elements below.
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The Secret Service received $61 million in funds to help pay back local law enforcement agencies for protecting Trump at Mar-a-Lago and Trump Tower in the six months since he was elected. Lawmakers also tacked-on an extra $131 million for the U.S. Secret Service to help keep up with increased deployments to help protect the president’s extended family. ( $191 million in additional costs just for the January-September time-frame :shock: )