Highlights of bipartisan $1.1T government-wide spending bill
There is $21 billion to procure 13 Navy ships and $8.2 billion for 74 F-35 aircraft, as well as $85 million in emergency money for Tomahawk missiles to replace those fired in the U.S. strike on Syria last month.
—$53.1 billion for foreign aid and State Department diplomacy, a $400 million increase that runs counter to the administration's vow to slash foreign assistance.
The plan does follow through on the administration's pledge to cancel climate change funding and contains no money for the Green Climate Fund, which assists developing nations in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
—$1.3 billion to extend health benefits to more than 22,000 retired coal miners and their families, a top priority for coal country lawmakers such as Sens.
—$296 million to help the government of Puerto Rico with Medicaid financing to ease its budget emergency, a demand of top House Democrat Nancy Pelosi.
—$34.1 billion for medical research at the National Institutes of Health, $3.2 billion more than Trump recommended for the current year and $7.8 billion more than his 2018 budget request.
—Allows the secretary of homeland security to increase the number of immigrants receiving temporary H-2B visas to perform low-skilled work.