WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Congress did something Wednesday it hasn’t done during three years of partisan warfare: Pass a budget deal that won’t likely hurt the economy.

The two-year spending plan all but removes the threat of another government shutdown like the one that slowed the economy in October. Among other things, the agreement will roll back some of the automatic federal spending cuts that kicked in this year.

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