House Pushes Through Spending Bills Totaling $1.4 Trillion With a Ton of Pork
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The House of Representatives had less than 24 hours to review spending bills, totaling 2,000+ pages and worth $1.4 trillion, to keep the government fund through the next fiscal year.
Despite the small time frame, the representatives passed the bill in order to avert a shutdown, which would have happened on Friday.