From Border Security To Tobacco Age, Both Parties Tout Key Wins In Spending Deal
Congressional leaders unveiled new highlights for a fiscal year 2020 budget agreement. It boosts spending for census, federal workers and the military, election security and border security efforts.
Updated at 10:50 p.m. ET
Congressional leaders unveiled two massive spending measures and touted key wins in the $1.3 trillion spending agreement to fund the government for the remainder of the 2020 fiscal year just days before a critical government shutdown deadline.
The measure boosts funding for key Democratic and Republican initiatives, such as election security, 2020 census efforts, border security funding, research to address gun violence and 3.1% pay raises for servicemembers and federal workers. It also includes a new measure to raise the age of tobacco use to 21 and repeal the
