Trump signs omnibus spending bill

By Tony Bertuca / March 23, 2018 at 4:12 PM
President Trump, despite an earlier threat to veto the legislation, signed a $1.3 trillion fiscal year 2018 omnibus spending bill into law late last week, announcing he was only doing so was because it contains a significant increase in defense funding. "My highest duty is to keep America safe," he said March 23 at the White House. "As a matter of national security, I've signed this omnibus budget bill." Trump, however, said he would never sign such a bill again...

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