The Senate approved a $459 billion spending plan Friday night in a 75-22 vote to fund a number of prominent government departments and agencies after rejecting a host of conservative-backed amendments.
The spending package, which was opposed by 21 Republican senators and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), will fund the Defense Department, the Department of Veteran Affairs, the Agriculture Department, the FDA, the Transportation Department, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the FBI, the EPA, and the ATF.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) celebrated the passage of the bill, and it now heads to President Joe Biden, who is expected to sign the bill on Saturday.
“To folks who worry that divided government means nothing ever gets done, this bipartisan package says otherwise,” Schumer said.
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