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Thursday afternoon, the U.S. Senate took up the $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill passed by the House of Representatives Wednesday.
The Senate passed the legislation 79 to 18, with bipartisan support.
Seen on C-SPAN2: U.S. Senate approves on $1.1T #omnibus spending bill funding government through September 30th. https://t.co/d9CpQO8IgB pic.twitter.com/BcXWxyEu2h
— CSPAN (@cspan) May 4, 2017
The $1.1 trillion spending bill now heads to President Trump’s desk — without funding the border wall, without defunding Planned Parenthood, and without any significant conservative amendments.
Now President Trump has a decision to make: sign it and hand the Democrats a victory, or veto the bill and force Congress to negotiate during a partial government shutdown for a bill funding the administration’s priorities.
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