The Hill: House approves $1T omnibus spending bill in easy 296-121 vote

The House easily approved a $1 trillion omnibus Friday, sending the bill to a Senate for a likely weekend vote.


Senate passage would send the bill to the White House and avert a government shutdown, but won't end Congress's business for the year. Lawmakers are expected to return to Washington next week to complete work on an extension of a payroll tax cut.

After a brief and mostly cordial debate, the House easily approved the omnibus, funding most areas of the federal government through the 2012 fiscal year.

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