期待已久的两党政府拨款法案文本于周四凌晨发布，国会现在赶在周五的最后期限前避免政府部分关闭.
1.2万亿美元的一揽子计划被认为是高度分裂的众议院两党的一项重大努力，为六项法案提供资金，包括国防、金融服务、国土安全、劳动卫生与公共服务和教育、立法部门以及州和国外业务。
共和党和民主党都在列举他们在一揽子计划中的胜利，包括几项有争议的措施，如冻结在加沙运作的主要联合国人道主义组织的资金，以及加强南部边境的执法力度和解决妇女的生育权问题。
如果该方案获得通过，政府将在9月30日的财政年度结束前获得资金，从而结束持续的决议周期。自去年10月以来，国会已经五次几乎关闭政府，至少是部分关闭。
预计众议院将于周五就拨款方案进行投票，这给了参议院有限的时间在周五截止日期前接受该方案。尽管尚未正式安排投票，但众议院多数党领袖史蒂夫·斯卡利斯表示，众议院可能会在周五上午11点30分就政府拨款计划进行投票。
尽管法案文本已经敲定，但议员们仍在争分夺秒地阻止政府关门。众议院有一项规定，要求议员在投票前有72小时的时间审查立法;参议院也可能需要几天时间来处理众议院通过的法案。这意味着，除非约翰逊放弃72小时规则或参议院加快进程，否则周末可能会有一次小规模的行政关闭，这对法案中包括的联邦机构几乎没有影响。
约翰逊尚未表示他是否会放弃72小时规则。周四上午在美国消费者新闻与商业频道被问及此事约翰逊说，他相信政府关门是可以避免的。
“我们必须继续前进，我们必须保持政府资助，我们必须继续运营，保持火车在轨道上行驶——你在这里看到了这种情况，”约翰逊在美国消费者新闻与商业频道上说。“由于政府分裂，这不是一项完美的立法。如果共和党控制了众议院、参议院和白宫，我们不会起草和通过这个法案...但现在我们正在管理它并使它通过，我认为我们将避免政府长期关闭。”
约翰逊在一份声明中说，政府的一揽子拨款计划“是对加强我们国防的严肃承诺”，并“停止向联合国机构提供资金，该机构雇用了参与10月7日袭击以色列的恐怖分子。”
该支出协议将把拜登政府对联合国机构的冻结延长至2025年3月，此举可能会使该机构在加沙的饥饿危机中出现资金短缺，并可能使白宫最终恢复资金更加困难。
约翰逊补充说，该法案“将国土安全部的行动转向执行我们的边境和移民法。该法案大幅削减了对鼓励非法移民的非政府组织的资助，并增加了拘留能力和边境巡逻人员的数量，以符合《确保边境安全法案》(简称H.R.2)中的水平
约翰逊补充说，该法案收回了冠状病毒肺炎时期未使用的60亿美元资金。
“众议院共和党人在保守政策上取得了重大胜利，拒绝了民主党的极端提案，并大幅削减了浪费性的机构和项目，同时加强了边境安全和国防，”约翰逊说。
民主党人也在宣扬他们的几场胜利。
众议院拨款委员会资深成员、康涅狄格州民主党众议员罗莎·德劳罗(Rosa DeLauro)在一份声明中表示，该计划“有助于提高生活成本，站在勤劳的美国人一边，保护妇女权利，巩固美国的全球领导地位，并帮助我们的社区安全可靠——同时确保最大的企业缴纳他们所欠的税款。”
民主党人在一揽子计划中列出了几项政策成就包括为援助美国的阿富汗人增加12000个特别移民签证，为儿童保育和开端计划增加10亿美元，为美国国立卫生研究院的癌症研究增加1.2亿美元，为阿尔茨海默病和痴呆症研究增加1亿美元。
民主党人指出，该法案还通过保留国防部的旅行政策来保护妇女的生殖健康，以确保服役人员及其家人能够获得生殖保健服务。
该法案还为运输安全管理局人员提供了超过10亿美元的更多资金，以维持薪酬公平，这是民主党人的优先事项。
参议院最高拨款人参议员帕蒂·默里和苏珊·科林斯在一份声明中说:“通过应对当前国内外挑战的全年拨款法案至关重要，否则就是对我们责任的放弃。让我们把这件事做好。”
What's in the $1.2 trillion government funding package: Key and controversial provisions
The long-awaited bipartisan government funding package bill text was released early Thursday morning, and Congress is nowracing to meet Friday's deadline to avert a partial government shutdown.
The $1.2 trillion package -- considered a major bipartisan effort in the highly divided House -- provides funding for six bills including Defense, Financial Services, Homeland Security, Labor and Health and Human Services and Education, Legislative Branch and State and Foreign Operations.
Both Republicans and Democrats are ticking off their wins in the package -- including several controversial measures such as blocking funds for the main United Nations humanitarian organization operating in Gaza as well as increasing enforcement at the southern border and addressing women's reproductive rights.
If the package passes, the government will be funded through the end of the fiscal year, Sept. 30 -- putting an end to the continuing resolution cycle that has led to Congress nearly shutting the government down, at least partially, five times since October.
It's expected that the House will vote on the funding package Friday, which gives the Senate limited time to take up the package before the Friday deadline. Although no vote has been officially scheduled, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said the House will likely vote on the government funding package on Friday at 11:30 a.m.
Even with the bill's text finalized, lawmakers are up against the clock to prevent a shutdown. The House has a rule requiring 72 hours for members to review legislation before voting; the Senate also can take a few days to process House-passed bills. That means that unless the Johnson waives the 72-hour rule or the Senate speeds up the process, there could be a small administrative shutdown over the weekend, which would have little-to-no impact the federal agencies that are included in the bill.
Johnson hasn't said if he will waive the 72-hour rule.Asked about it on CNBC Thursday morning, Johnson said he believes a shutdown will be avoided.
"We have to keep moving, we have to keep the government funded, we have to keep operating, keep the train on the tracks -- and you're seeing that happen here," Johnson said on CNBC. "Because of divided government, it's not a perfect piece of legislation. It's not the one we would draft and pass if Republicans had control of the House, Senate and the White House ... but right now we are managing it and getting it through and I think that we will avoid a long shutdown for the government."
Johnson said in a statement the government funding package "is a serious commitment to strengthening our national defense" and "halts funding for the United Nations agency which employed terrorists who participated in the October 7 attacks against Israel."
The spending deal would extend a Biden administration freeze on the U.N. agency through March 2025, a move that could leave the agency with a shortfall amid the hunger crisis in Gaza -- and could make it more difficult for the White House to eventually restore funding.
Johnson adds the bill "moves the Department of Homeland Security's operations toward enforcing our border and immigration laws. It significantly cuts funding to NGOs that incentivize illegal immigration and increases detention capacity and the number of border patrol agents to match levels" in the Secure the Border Act, known as H.R.2.
The bill takes back $6 billion in unused COVID-era funds, Johnson added.
"House Republicans have achieved significant conservative policy wins, rejected extreme Democrat proposals, and imposed substantial cuts to wasteful agencies and programs while strengthening border security and national defense," Johnson said.
Democrats are touting several wins on their end, too.
Ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., said in a statement that the package "helps with the cost of living, sides with hardworking Americans, protects women's rights, reinforces America's global leadership, and helps our communities be safe and secure -- while ensuring the biggest corporations pay the taxes they owe."
Democrats' listed several policy achievements in the packageincluding 12,000 more Special Immigrant Visas for Afghans who have assisted the United States, $1 billion increase for childcare and Head Start, $120 million increase in funding for cancer research at National Institutes of Health and $100 million increase for Alzheimer's disease and dementias research.
The bill also protects women's reproductive health by preserving the Department of Defense's travel policy to ensure service members and their families can access reproductive healthcare, Democrats pointed out.
The bill also provides more funding for TSA personnel by more than $1 billion to sustain pay equity, a priority for Democrats.
Top Senate appropriators -- Sens. Patty Murray and Susan Collins -- said in a statement, "Passing full-year funding bills that meet the current challenges we face at home and abroad is critical, and anything less is an abdication of our responsibilities. Let's get this done."
