5 things to know about Congresss plan to avert a shutdown this week [Video]

Congressional leaders are sprinting to pass a sweeping government funding plan unveiled Sunday ahead of a looming shutdown deadline this weekend. 

The 1,050-page package includes more than $450 billion in fiscal 2024 funding for a slew of offices including the departments of Agriculture, Interior, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Veterans Affairs (VA), Justice, Commerce and Energy. 

Here’s are five things to know about the funding package.

Democrats have touted the sweeping plan as protecting nutrition assistance and housing programs from Republican-backed cuts, while pointing to key investments in both areas.  

Proposed funding for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children includes more than $7 billion, a $1 billion increase above fiscal 2023 levels that Democrats say would “fully fund” the program after it faced a shortfall.

The package also did not appear to include changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program sought by some Republicans that aimed …