After flirting with another shutdown, lawmakers agreed on a bipartisan $1 trillion spending bill to fund the federal government through September.
The bill punts some of the big political footballs to the fiscal 2018 budget, including funding for a planned border wall with Mexico. The 2017 appropriations package provides additional funding for increased border security and the military, as requested by the Trump administration.
The omnibus appropriation will replace a short-term continuing resolution that is set to expire May 5. It still must be approved in both houses of Congress and signed by the president.
