House Passes $1.4 Trillion Spending Plan With Tax Provisions

The House passed two giant spending bills Tuesday providing $1.4 trillion to fund the U.S. government through September and avoid a government shutdown after current funding runs out Friday.

The bill to fund defense-related departments passed on a 280-138 vote. The other, to fund non-defense agencies and extend a number of expiring tax breaks, passed on a 297-120 vote. The spending bills are the product of weeks of bipartisan talks, and they now head to the Senate where they are expected to pass.

President Donald Trump “is poised to sign” the bills, White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said Tuesday. The ...