Congress reaches deal to keep government open through September

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 By Kelsey Snell April 30 at 11:33 PM

Congressional negotiators reached an agreement late Sunday on a broad spending package to fund the government through the end of September, alleviating fears of a government shutdown later this week, several congressional aides said.

Congress is expected to vote on the roughly $1 trillion package early this week. The bipartisan agreement includes policy victories for Democrats, whose votes will be necessary to pass the measure in the Senate, as well as $12.5 billion in new military spending and $1.5 billion more for border security requested by Republican leaders in Congress.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/congress-reaches-deal-to-keep-government-open-through-september/2017/04/30/5f58e9d2-2df7-11e7-9dec-764dc781686f_story.html?utm_term=.b0f86d7a9fcd

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Almost unbelievable our tone-deaf Republicans decide to diss the voters in not cutting out Planned Parenthood, but keeping in Sanctuary Cities funding and no border wall, while protecting Medicaid in Puerto Rico.

Ryan is a disaster as Speaker.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/house/331340-jordan-predicts-a-lot-of-conservatives-will-oppose-spending-bill
Jordan predicts ‘a lot of conservatives’ will oppose spending bill