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How Do State and Local Programs Fare in the Fiscal 2017 Federal Spending Deal?

Route Fifty: WASHINGTON — Funding levels for many of the federal programs state and local governments rely on are largely unchanged from the previous fiscal year in the roughly $1 trillion spending deal congressional lawmakers have reached.

The 1,665-page bill marks a rare compromise between Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill. If passed by Congress and signed by President Trump, the legislation would keep the federal government running for the rest of the 2017 fiscal year, which ends on Sept. 30.

Congress is expected to vote on the bill before the week is over. The federal government is currently operating under a one-week stopgap funding measure Trump signed last week.

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