Senate Passes $1.4 Trillion Plan to Avoid Government Shutdown
- Spending bills include extension of tax breaks set to expire
- Deficit set to increase $426 billion due to revenue loss
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The Senate sent President Donald Trump two spending bills Thursday that would provide $1.4 trillion to fund the U.S. government through September and avoid a shutdown on Saturday.
The White House said Trump will sign the bills, which already passed the House, preventing a replay of the 35-day partial government closure he provoked last December over funding for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.