US senators passed a $1.2tn spending bill in the early hours of Saturday morning to avert a partial government shutdown, capping a budgetary stand-off that threatened to close non-essential operations of some federal agencies.The bill’s progress in the upper chamber of Congress, which is controlled by Democrats, followed a tumultuous passage of the legislation in the House of Representatives, which is led by Republicans, on Friday.
The agreement was welcomed by President Joe Biden, who signed the bill on Saturday.
Although the House approved the spending bill with broad bipartisan support, it triggered a backlash from allies of Donald Trump within the Republican party who objected to the compromise.
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