Senate Passes Massive Spending Package To Avoid Partial Government Shutdown

 The U.S. Senate on Friday overwhelmingly passed a $460 billion spending package to avert a partial government shutdown.

The six-bill package to fund parts of the federal government through September passed in a 75-22 vote.

"To folks who worry that divided government means nothing ever gets done, this bipartisan package says otherwise," said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., voted to pass the package, while Senate Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, who are looking to replace McConnell as GOP leader, voted against it.

The Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Energy, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Justice, Transportation, and Veterans Affairs, as well as military construction and water development, are all funded by the spending package.

"We have good news for the country," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, said ahead of vote.

The House passed the package Wednesday, with Democrats providing a majority of the votes needed to get it over the finish line.

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