Senate approves $1.4 trillion deal to avert shutdown amid impeachment fight
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cnn.com
- Dec 19, 2019
Washington (CNN)The Senate on Thursday approved a nearly $1.4 trillion spending deal to keep the government funded and avert a shutdown at the end of the week.
The Senate passed the deal by green-lighting two separate legislative spending packages, which are now both cleared for the President's expected signature. Government funding expires at midnight on Friday. The first measure voted on in the afternoon passed by 71-23. The second legislative package passed later in the day and approved by a vote of 81-11.
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