With a midnight deadline looming, the House of Representatives tonight voted 219-206 to pass a $1.1 trillion spending bill to keep the government running.
“My job tonight is to say thank you and Merry Christmas,” House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, told lawmakers at the conclusion of the vote.
Conservatives were unhappy that the spending measure did not “defund” President Obama’s move to grant legal status to millions of illegal immigrants, while liberals were upset that the bill rolls back what they consider key Wall Street reforms.
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