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The massive, year-end catchall bill passed by Congress and 

signed into law by President Donald Trump

 combines $900 billion in COVID-19 aid with a $1.4 trillion omnibus spending bill and reams of other unfinished legislation on taxes, energy, education and health care.

Key points of the measure with overall funding amounts, and specific amounts for some but not necessarily all initiatives:

The omnibus measure wraps 12 spending bills into one and funds agency operating budgets through Sept. 30 of next year. It combines Democratic priorities such as a $12.5 billion increase over existing budget limits for domestic programs while cutting Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention and removal costs by $431 million. COVID-19 has contributed to sharply lower costs. Republicans supported sustained defense spending, energy provisions and longstanding bans on federal funding of abortion. The measure also provides Trump with a last, $1.4 billion installment for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.

The measure also contains more than 3,000 pages of miscellaneous legislation, such as:

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The massive, year-end catchall bill passed by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump combines $900 billion in COVID-19 aid with a $1.4 trillion omnibus spending bill and reams of other unfinished legislation on taxes, energy, education and health care.

Key points of the COVID-19 relief, government funding package

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