Congressional leaders have come to a massive budget caps deal that would amount to significant increases in spending for domestic programs and the military over the next two years.
Specifically, the agreement would:
· Extend funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program for 10 years
· Include $80 billion in disaster relief funding
· Put $6 billion in funding toward opioid and mental health treatment
· Put $5.8 billion toward the bipartisan Child Care and Development Block Grant
· Put $4 billion toward the Veterans Administration to rebuild and improve veterans hospitals and clinics
· Put $2 billion toward research at the National Institutes of Health
· Put $20 billion toward infrastructure, including highways, water, wastewater, and rural broadband
· Put $4 billion toward college affordability programs for police officers, teachers, and firefighters
· Include $7 billion in funding and a two-year reauthorization for Community Health Centers