No shutdown: Senate clears fiscal 2020 spending package for Trump’s signature

Published December 19, 2019 9:57pm ET



The Senate Thursday cleared two fiscal 2020 spending bills for President Trump’s signature, beating a Dec. 20 deadline and eliminating the threat of a partial government shutdown for the remainder of the year.

Senate lawmakers overwhelmingly approved the spending package in two bills that Trump, who won some border wall funding in the legislation, is expected to sign into law by Friday.

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