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Congress passes spending bill, sends to Trump to end shutdown

Published February 9, 2018 Updated February 9, 2018 12:24pm

The House voted 240 to 186 in support of a bipartisan package that extends government funding until March 23 and lifts federal spending limits by nearly $300 billion over the next two years, after the Senate cleared the measure in the middle of the night.

Congress had missed a midnight deadline when a conservative senator refused to allow an early vote on the compromise bill, but now a signature by Trump, who supports the deal, will reopen government offices.

 

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Press), 2018