Senate, funding bills and government shutdown
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The Senate passed a trio of spending bills in a roughly $174 billion package on Thursday afternoon, sending it to President Donald Trump's desk.
The US Congress appears poised to avoid another government shutdown later this month by passing compromise bills that would soften spending cuts sought by the Trump administration, according to Republicans and Democrats involved in the process.
The Senate voted to provide billions more to NASA, NOAA and the National Science Foundation than the president had asked for.