Senate Passes Spending Bill

ON THE HILL

Updated Apr. 24, 2017 12:50PM EDT / Published Dec. 17, 2011 12:43PM EST

Nothing like a looming holiday to get Congress moving. Shortly after passing a stop-gap extension of the payroll-tax cut, a debate to be continued in two months, the Senate passed its massive omnibus spending bill, which will keep the government funded through the rest of the fiscal year. The $1 trillion budget cuts about 10 percent from nondefense appropriations and will set the template for government spending well into next year. The Department of Homeland Security and the Internal Revenue Service face cuts, as does President Obama's Race to the Top school-reform initiative.

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Senate Passes Spending Bill