The FBI would face funding cuts in a $436 billion, six-bill spending package released Sunday, which otherwise would mostly avoid slashing funds or making major policy changes.
The bill constitutes roughly 26% of annual discretionary spending. Congress faces a March 8 deadline for four of the six bills included in the package and a March 22 for the remaining eight measures, several of which are larger and widely seen as more difficult to negotiate.”
Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray (D-Wash.) during a hearing in Washington, DC, in October 2023.
Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg
Congressional leaders previously agreed to top-line funding figures of $886 billion for defense and $772.7 billion for nondefense, keeping domestic agency budgets roughly flat. The bills ...