Lawmakers filed a broad border security spending bill early Thursday that is expected to clear Congress by the end of the day.

The measure, which funds nine departments and dozens of agencies until the end of fiscal 2019, is expected to be signed by President Trump and will thus avert a second partial government shutdown that threatened to occur after Friday.

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