The vote was snatched at the last minute after the fateful midnight deadline this Friday. A scenario that repeats itself every year and is symptomatic of the political divisions within Congress.

The budget prohibits any direct funding from the United States to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) The question of $60 billion in aid to Ukraine has also been set aside since it appears in another bill currently blocked in the Senate. The text contains hundreds of millions of dollars for Taiwan, as well as several measures linked to immigration.