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Congress Passes $1.2 Trillion Funding Bill to Avert Partial Shutdown

While the Senate missed the midnight shutdown deadline, Congress has cleared a bill to fund 70 percent of the government.
Congress Passes $1.2 Trillion Funding Bill to Avert Partial Shutdown
The U.S. Capitol Building is seen at night as the House of Representatives continues to work to elect a New Speaker for the 118th Congress on Jan. 6, 2023. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images
Jackson Richman
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Joseph Lord
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WASHINGTON—The U.S. Senate in the early hours of March 23 passed a $1.2 trillion omnibus spending package that was approved by the House on Friday.

The Senate cleared the bill in a 74–24 vote. It will now go to President Joe Biden, who’s expected to sign it.

Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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