Congress Passes U.S. Spending Bill to End Oil Export Ban
- Measure avoiding government shutdown goes to Obama for signing
- Democrats help Speaker Ryan overcome Republican opponents
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Congress passed a $1.1 trillion spending measure that averts a U.S. government shutdown and ends a 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports, a plan that ensures fiscal peace in Congress through most of 2016.
The Senate passed the bill 65-33 on Friday, shortly after a 316-113 House vote. The legislation, which will finance the government through September 2016, went to President Barack Obama, who signed it.