Shutdown avoided as House sends spending bill to Trump’s desk

By Susan Ferrechio

Published February 15, 2019 1:56am ET

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Shutdown avoided as House sends spending bill to Trump’s desk — President-elect Donald Trump greets House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California and other Congressional leaders as he arrives for his inauguration ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017. | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)

The House on Thursday night easily approved a border security and spending bill that President Trump plans to sign by Friday to avert a second government shutdown.

The bill passed 300-128, after the Senate approved it 86-13. The legislation let most members breathe a sigh of relief that a second shutdown would be avoided.

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