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Trump Signs Omnibus Spending Bill Despite Non-Defense Concerns

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Trump Signs Omnibus Spending Bill Despite Non-Defense Concerns
President Donald Trump. Photo: White House.

President Donald Trump signed the $1.3-trillion fiscal year 2018 omnibus appropriations bill into law March 23, saying the need for increased military funding outweighed his misgivings about several non-defense aspects of the bill.The omnibus (H.R. 1625), which combines 12 annual appropriations bills into one package, provides $700 billion for defense, an increase of about $80 billion over FY 2017, and $591 billion for a wide range of non-defense programs. At a White House news conference, Trump said he was unhappy with the…

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