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## US Capitol Funding Deal Reached for 2024

The US Capitol is seen at dusk in Washington, DC in November 2023. Senate leaders on Sunday announced a spending deal for government funding in 2024, marking the first step to averting a shutdown later this month, though the threat still looms large.

The topline numbers agreed to by House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer include $1.59 trillion for fiscal year 2024, with $886 billion for defense spending and $704 in non-defense spending. They also agreed to a $69 billion side deal in adjustments that will go toward non-defense domestic spending. The side deal brings the non-defense spending figure to nearly $773 billion, a Democratic source told CNN, with spending close to $1.66 trillion overall.

The current agreement on funding levels will reduce the chances of a shutdown, however, there are still major hurdles facing Congress ahead of two funding deadlines: January 19 and February 2. One of those hurdles is how to deal with demands by conservatives to use the funding bill as leverage to impose more stringent immigration and border security demands.

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Congress will still have to approve funding bills ÔÇö or a stopgap resolution to avoid a shutdown by the deadlines. And it remains uncertain how that effort will play out even though Schumer and Johnson have a deal on funding levels. President Joe Biden said Sunday, ÔÇ£The bipartisan funding framework congressional leaders have reached moves us one step closer to preventing a needless government shutdown and protecting important national priorities.ÔÇØ It reflects the funding levels that I negotiated with both parties and signed into law last spring.

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