Congress approves $1.3-trillion spending bill, averting government shutdown
WASHINGTON_Congress approved a $1.3-trillion spending bill after hours of wrangling and a flurry of unsuccessful Democratic efforts to force legislators to take up a measure to protect young immigrants brought to the country illegally as children.
The vote - late Thursday morning for the House and early Friday for the Senate - came as legislators faced a Friday deadline for a government shutdown. It also came just hours after the release of the 2,232-page bill, meaning that few voting on the measure had a clear idea of what it included, as members openly admitted.
The measure, which
