Congress's Budget Deal: 2/7/18: details: Here's w
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Here's what's in the deal, according to congressional sources:
Nearly $300 billion in additional funding for defense and nondefense over the next two years.
$165 billion in defense spending, with $80 billion in fiscal 2018 and $85 billion in fiscal 2019.
$131 billion in nondefense spending, with $63 billion in fiscal 2018 and $65 billion in fiscal 2019.
A debt-ceiling deadline extension of one year, moving it past the midterm elections.
$6 billion to combat the opioid crisis.
An additional four years of funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program for a total of 10 years. (The previous funding deal extended the program by six years.)
An extension of funding for community health centers and a variety of other Medicare programs.
An additional $80 billion to $90 billion in funding for areas affected by natural disasters in 2017.