"The House on Wednesday passed an $854 billion spending bill to avert an October shutdown, funding large swaths of the government while pushing the funding deadline for others until Dec. 7.
The bill passed by 361-61, a week after the Senate passed an identical measure by a vote of 93-7.
The package included two appropriations bills, which fully funded defense, labor, Health and Human Services and education for the 2019 fiscal year, and make up about two-thirds of the annual appropriations total for the year.
It also included a Continuing Resolution (CR) extending current funding levels for any unfunded agencies through the first two months of the fiscal year.
President Trump said Wednesday that he would sign the bill, seeming to put to bed months of speculation over whether he would force a shutdown over his proposed border wall.
"We're going to keep the government open," Trump told reporters in New York, where he was attending the United Nations General Assembly.
Over the weekend, Trump had called the spending bill "ridiculous" and called on Republicans to "get tough" on border security.
Congressional Republicans were concerned that a partial government shutdown would create further headwinds in an election where Democrats are expected to make significant gains.
The president could still shut down any parts of the government that remain unfunded in December by vetoing spending bills or another extension."
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The bill passed by 361-61, a week after the Senate passed an identical measure by a vote of 93-7.
The package included two appropriations bills, which fully funded defense, labor, Health and Human Services and education for the 2019 fiscal year, and make up about two-thirds of the annual appropriations total for the year.
It also included a Continuing Resolution (CR) extending current funding levels for any unfunded agencies through the first two months of the fiscal year.
President Trump said Wednesday that he would sign the bill, seeming to put to bed months of speculation over whether he would force a shutdown over his proposed border wall.
"We're going to keep the government open," Trump told reporters in New York, where he was attending the United Nations General Assembly.
Over the weekend, Trump had called the spending bill "ridiculous" and called on Republicans to "get tough" on border security.
Congressional Republicans were concerned that a partial government shutdown would create further headwinds in an election where Democrats are expected to make significant gains.
The president could still shut down any parts of the government that remain unfunded in December by vetoing spending bills or another extension."
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