Spending Bill Omits Billions for Local Projects as Congress Cedes Power to Trump

The stopgap measure the G.O.P. is pushing to avert a government shutdown omits billions of dollars in member-requested projects, another way in which Congress has ceded its power on federal spending.A total of about $13 billion worth of individual projects in Congress members’ districts and states will not be funded if the Senate approves a stopgap government funding extension on Friday.