Congress Approve Budget 2024. But if congress were to provide the va with $12 billion in what's known as discretionary spending, the budget caps would apply, and lawmakers would need to. Funding for most federal programs had been scheduled to expire after sept.
The senate approved the $1.2 trillion package, which was unveiled early thursday, in a vote of 74 to 24. Despite promises to pass orderly budgets, the house gop is poised to approve yet another stopgap spending measure.