Source: Jennifer Shutt and David Lerman, ROLL CALL, 12/21/20


The Senate late Monday night cleared a mammoth spending package for President Donald Trump's signature that would provide nearly $900 billion to address the COVID-19 pandemic and fund federal agencies through the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2021. Trump is expected to sign the legislation, though it could take a few extra days to get the paperwork ready. As insurance against a partial government shutdown, lawmakers also sent Trump a weeklong continuing resolution on Monday night, with little over an hour until the current funding extension was set to lapse.

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