Congress Passes 2024 Budget. Washington (ap) โ the senate on friday approved a $460 billion package of spending bills in time to meet a midnight deadline for avoiding a shutdown of many key federal agencies, a vote that gets lawmakers about halfway home in wrapping up their appropriations work for the 2024 budget year. Congress passed the final six spending bills needed to fund the government until september after a short funding lapse in the wee hours of saturday morning.
Pensions and social security payments make up 46% of total government budget, according to official data. Washington (ap) โ the senate on friday approved a $460 billion package of spending bills in time to meet a midnight deadline for avoiding a shutdown of many key federal agencies, a vote that gets lawmakers about halfway home in wrapping up their appropriations work for the 2024 budget year.