Congress Approved Budget 2024. The $1.6tn (£1.2tn) figure includes $886bn. Hours earlier, it advanced out of the house in a 286 to 134 vote.

The first tranche of bills was enacted on march 9, 2024, and includes a $2.3 billion boost for veterans’ medical care and a $1 billion increase for the special. All appropriations bills for fiscal year.