US Congress releases $1.1tn spending package to avert shutdown

Speaker Johnson will have to rely on Democratic votes to get the measure through the House and to the Senate in less than two days

Congressional leaders unveiled a $1.2tn spending package to fund much of the federal government on Thursday, with less than two days left to avert a partial shutdown.

Leaders of both parties celebrated the policy wins they notched in the negotiations over the bill, which will fund the departments of state, defense, homeland security and others through September.