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Congressional leaders have come to a massive budget caps deal that would amount to significant increases in spending for domestic programs and the military over the next two years.

Specifically, the agreement would:

·         Extend funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program for 10 years

·         Include $80 billion in disaster relief funding

·         Put $6 billion in funding toward opioid and mental health treatment

·         Put $5.8 billion toward the bipartisan Child Care and Development Block Grant

·         Put $4 billion toward the Veterans Administration to rebuild and improve veterans hospitals and clinics

·         Put $2 billion toward research at the National Institutes of Health

·         Put $20 billion toward infrastructure, including highways, water, wastewater, and rural broadband

·         Put $4 billion toward college affordability programs for police officers, teachers, and firefighters

·         Include $7 billion in funding and a two-year reauthorization for Community Health Centers