The Senate approved a $1.2 trillion funding package early Saturday, sending the massive spending bill off to President Joe Biden after missing a midnight government funding deadline.
The legislation passed 74-24 shortly after 2 a.m. ET and capped off months of bipartisan dealmaking to fund the government through Sept. 30.
The bill unveiled Thursday funds the Departments of Defense, Labor, Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, State, Education, and the legislative branch. It covers roughly 70% of the federal government and, with its passage, brings a close to the fiscal 2024 appropriations process, nearly six months after it began.
The upper chamber hit a stalemate Friday evening as Republicans demanded multiple amendment votes related to immigration and the border in exchange for speeding up the process. Cooperation from all 100
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