Bipartisan Minibus Spending Package Funds Defense, Homeland Security, and More

WASHINGTON—Congress has been passing appropriations bills to fund government needs, with outlays for an array of budget items ranging from missile defense and ICE operations to security at World Cup soccer games. On Jan. 20, the House Appropriations Committee released a spending bill package funding the departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, and  Housing and Urban Development. It comes as Congress works to pass all 12 required annual spending bills. So far, four of these have been signed into law by the president. The package unveiled by the House on Tuesday includes some of the largest-ticket items still waiting to be considered....