Senate approves measure to fund the government through September

[DonViejo]

Source: The Washington Post




By Kelsey Snell May 4 at 2:03 PM

The Senate voted on Thursday to approve a $1.1 trillion spending bill to fund government through September, preventing the risk of a government shutdown.

President Trump is expected to sign the measure, which includes more than $15 billion in new defense spending and $1.5 billion in money for U.S. border security, ahead of a deadline to keep the government open past Friday.

The spending measure was the result of weeks of bipartisan negotiations where Republicans ultimately backed away from Trump’s demands for money to begin construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Instead, GOP leaders agreed to Democrats demands that the new border-security money comes with strict limitations requiring the Trump administration to use funds only for technology investments and repairs to existing fencing and infrastructure.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/senate-approves-measure-to-fund-the-government-through-september/2017/05/04/31e55bc2-30e3-11e7-9dec-764dc781686f_story.html?pushid=590b6d5da0c9533800000008&tid=notifi_push_breaking-news&utm_term=.48b0a4662061

[yallerdawg]

1. One for us!

Senators voted 79-18 on the bill, which will fund the government through September. No Democrats voted against it.

http://thehill.com/policy/finance/331928-senate-passes-funding-bill-to-avoid-shutdown

[ancianita]

2. The Senate should shut down government funding until all Obamacare repeals are gone.

For the next four years.