The Senate has approved a $460 billion package of spending bills in time to meet a midnight deadline for avoiding a shutdown of many key federal agencies.
On Friday, the Senate approved a $460 billion package of spending bills just in time to meet a midnight deadline to avoid a government shutdown. The measure, passed by the House earlier, contains six annual spending bills. It now heads to the desk of President Joe Biden to be signed into law. Meanwhile, lawmakers are negotiating a second package of six bills, including defense legislation, with hopes to keep all federal agencies funded by a March 22 deadline.
They think there is no cooperation in Washington and the opposite is true. There is compromise every day on every spending bill," Paul said.However, many Republican lawmakers secured some policy wins with the bill's passing. For example, a key provision in the bill favored by Republicans aimed to prevent the sale of oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China.
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