Obama Signs $1.1T Spending Bill

Bipartisan deal funds government for 9 months
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Dec 16, 2014 9:16 PM CST
Updated Dec 17, 2014 12:05 AM CST
Obama Signs $1.1T Spending Bill
A US Marine stands outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington.   (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

With little fanfare to mark a rare bipartisan achievement, President Obama has signed a massive $1.1 trillion spending bill that keeps the government operating over the next nine months. The legislation was a compromise that angered liberals and conservatives alike but avoided a government shutdown and put off partisan clashes over immigration to next year. It was one of the last acts of Congress under the current Republican House and Democratic-controlled Senate. In January, the new Congress will return with Republicans in charge of both chambers.

The measure retains cuts negotiated in previous budget battles and rolls back some banking regulations. But it also retains spending for Obama's health care law and pays for the administration's fight against Ebola. The Department of Homeland Security, however, will only receive its money through Feb. 27, a condition demanded by Republican leaders to appease critics of Obama's immigration measures. (More spending bill stories.)

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