The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday narrowly approved a $1.2 trillion spending package to end the partial government shutdown, sending the bill to President Donald Trump while leaving lawmakers braced for a separate clash over funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
The vote was 217-214, and wraps up congressional work on 11 of the 12 annual appropriations bills, funding the vast majority of the government for the budget year ending Sept. 30. The last bill still to be worked out covers the Department of Homeland Security where Democrats are demand
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