U.S. House passes $1.7 trillion bill funding federal government through September, sending it to Biden

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) addresses reporters during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, July 29, 2022.

The US House of Representatives passed a bill to fund the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year just in time to avoid a partial shutdown.

A summary of the legislation was released by a Senate committee. The figures show an 8% increase for the Pentagon and national defense.

The funding measure was approved by the Senate. The bill will go to the president after it was approved by the House.

Biden has racked up a number of legislative victories in the last year on bills that passed with both Republican and Democratic support.

Nancy Pelosi was the speaker of the house. The California Democrat is stepping down from his leadership position. When Pelosi passed the federal spending package, she ensured that the government funding levels would not be changed. The chamber will be taken over by Republicans.

Military, humanitarian and economic aid for Ukranian is guaranteed. Additional aid for NATO allies is included in the total.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy traveled to Washington last week to deliver a historic speech to a joint meeting of Congress. He urged lawmakers to keep funding his country's "war of independence" against invading Russian forces.

The bill provides 40 billion dollars in new funding for states and tribal reservations to help communities recover from natural disasters. It makes it easier for Americans to save for retirement by banning the use of Tik Tok on government devices.

Several new amendments were approved by the Senate. The Americans with Disabilities Act requires reasonable accommodations for pregnant workers.

The fee structure for corporate mergers has been changed so that small mergers pay less and large mergers pay more.

Some of the funding bill's provisions are unrelated to government funding.

The law would change the Electoral Count Act, a law that former President Donald Trump and his allies tried to use to overturn his loss in the 2020 presidential election.

The new version states that the vice president has no power to reject electoral votes that have been certified by individual states.

The electoral votes for Biden were refused to be certified by the vice president. The Capitol was attacked by pro- Trump rioters on January 6, 2021.