Congress Passes, President Signs FY2018 Omnibus Spending Package

Rich Gold is a Partner and Tanvi Purohit is a Legislative Assistant in our Washington D.C. Office.

Congress passed a $1.3 trillion spending bill early on March 23, 2018, narrowly averting a government shutdown. Following a 256-167 vote in the House and a 65-32 vote in the Senate, the FY 2018 (FY18) omnibus spending package was signed by President Donald Trump. The measure boosts funding for defense and domestic programs and is consistent with the two-year budget caps deal reached earlier in February that allowed for a $80 billion increase in defense spending, and a $63 billion increase for nondefense programs. The bill will fund the government through September, and garnered bipartisan support.