Congress approved a $1.012 trillion spending package to keep the federal government funded though September, an anti-climactic ending to months of bitter partisan wrangling over the budget that led to a 16-day government shutdown last year.
The Senate easily passed the “omnibus” spending bill Thursday night by a vote of 72-26 after the House overwhelmingly approved it a day earlier.
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