U.S. Senate Republicans passed President Donald Trump’s big tax breaks and spending cuts bill today by the narrowest of margins, pushing past opposition from Democrats and some in their own party after a turbulent overnight session.
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says he’s ready to start the process of considering a Republican-led government funding bill that has fiercely divided Democrats who want to put limits on the Trump administration.
The spending bill that passed the U.S. House will need support from at least eight Democrats in the Senate to get the bill to President Trump’s desk.
Congressional leaders have announced an agreement on a short-term spending bill that will fund federal agencies for about three months, averting a possible partial government shutdown.
Congress has passed another short-term spending measure that would keep one set of federal agencies operating through March 8 and another set through March 22, avoiding a shutdown for parts of the federal government that would otherwise kick in Saturday.
President Joe Biden signed a temporary spending bill a day before a potential government shutdown, pushing a fight with congressional Republicans over the federal budget into the new year, as wartime aid for Ukraine and Israel remains stalled.
