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In 2009, a $410 billion omnibus bill, the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 , became a point of controversy due to its $8 billion in earmarks. [11] On March 11, the bill was signed by U.S. President Barack Obama into law as Pub. L. 111–8 (text) (PDF) .
The Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (H.R. 1105, Pub. L. 111–8 (text)) is an Act for the United States government that combines bills funding the operations of each of the Cabinet departments, except Defense, Homeland Security, and Veteran Affairs into a single appropriation bill.
In March 2010, the House Appropriations Committee implemented rules to ban earmarks to for-profit corporations. [17] Approximately 1,000 such earmarks were authorized in the previous year, worth $1.7 billion. [18] At the time, earmarks constituted less than 1% of the 2010 federal budget, down from about 1.1% in 2006. [17]
Republicans have long objected to the use of “omnibus” spending bills wherein the appropriations committees combine the 12 individual spending bills into one must-pass spending bill, typically ...
The bill would provide $730 billion for non-defense spending and $782 billion for defense spending, with $743 billion of the latter amount slated directly for the Pentagon.
All told, there are more than 6,000 earmarks in the bill, costing taxpayers more than $12.7 billion, according to Sen. Mike Lee (R–Utah), who has urged Republicans to vote against the package.
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 is a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill passed by the 117th United States Congress on March 14, 2022 and signed into law by President Joe Biden the following day. [1] [2] The law includes $13.6 billion in aid to Ukraine as part of the United States' response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. [1] [2]
The omnibus bill signed by President Biden will make it easier for many people to save for retirement, but more help is needed