Thursday 22 March 2018
Lawmakers release huge budget; big military, domestic boosts.
As negotiators stumbled toward an end-of-the-week deadline to fund the government or face a federal shutdown, House Speaker Paul Ryan dashed to the White House amid concerns Trump's support was wavering. The White House later said the president backed the legislation, even as some conservative Republicans balked at the size of the spending increases and the rush to pass the bill.
Talks continued into Wednesday evening before the 2,232-page text was finally released.
Full story at Yahoo News.
By Andrew Taylor and Lisa Mascaro.
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