Sentences with phrase «passed massive spending bill»

But now the program is ready for a comeback, thanks to a provision in the recently passed massive spending bill for 2005 that not only reinstates the H - 1B fee but raises it to $ 1500.

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Consider the Fed's hike in interest rates on March 21, the passing of a massive $ 1.3 trillion spending bill on March 23 that dramatically widened the federal deficit, the resignation of former director of the National Economic Council Gary Cohn on March 6, the firing of former U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on March 13, the tariff tantrum between the U.S. and China on March 1 and Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- A massive spending bill that funds the U.S. government for the rest of the budget year passed the Senate on Tuesday despite complaints about nearly $ 8 billion in what critics called «pork - barrel» projects.

Although Congress narrowly passed a bill avoiding the so - called fiscal cliff on January 1, the agreement only staves off massive decreases in spending until March when legislators must revisit the deal.

He hailed increased funding to combat the opioid crisis that was included in the massive federal spending bill passed last week after touring the neonatal intensive care unit at St. Mary's Medical Center, which typically provides care for four to five opioid - addicted babies at a time.