Congress has come up with a spending package to avoid a government shutdown. If passed, the spending blueprint would fund the government for two years, taking another shutdown threat off the table prior to the 2018 elections. Following is the process ahead: The Senate will vote today on a standalone defense funding bill, which will largely be a posturing vote for the record and is expected to fall short of passage. The Senate will then take up a continuing resolution, H.R. 1892, passed by the House on 6 February by a vote of 245 to 182, but it will amend that bill and replace the House passed language with the new two-year compromise package. Assuming Senate passage of the already agreed upon negotiated appropriations bill, the legisla...

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