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On Dec. 29, President Biden signed into law a $1.7 trillion federal spending bill to fund the federal government through the end of fiscal year 2023. Congress had passed the FY 2023 Omnibus appropriations legislation with a House vote of 225 to 201 with one member voting present. The Senate voted 68 to 29 in favor of the legislation. The legislation includes roughly $858 billion in defense spending and $772.5 billion for nondefense discretionary programs, including funding for numerous housing-related programs at HUD, the Department of Agriculture, and other federal agencies.
