The deal sets up $1.37 trillion in spending next year, up from $1.32 trillion this year, and slightly more in 2021.
to lift the nation’s debt ceiling and raise caps set on federal spending for the next two years.
The package is expected to get a vote next week in the Senate, where is it likely to pass. Trump tweeted Thursday morning in strong support of the deal, suggesting that he would sign it. The bill passed with 219 Democratic votes, one more than the minimum needed for passage in the House. The strong Democratic support underscored the whipping power of the speaker and that Democrats felt the bill was a good deal for them.
Negotiators cobbled the deal together by combining two significant fiscal lifts for Congress. First, lawmakers had to raise the debt limit — which Republicans often protest — by September.
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