Trump signs $1.4 trillion spending package, averting shutdown
Posted on AllSides December 21st, 2019
From The Center
President Trump on Friday signed two spending packages totaling $1.4 trillion, averting a government shutdown at midnight.
The bills included all 12 annual appropriations bills for the 2020 fiscal year that started Oct. 1. They also included a slew of tax cuts, extending expiring and expired tax breaks and eliminating other taxes that amount to an additional $426 billion in lost revenue, bringing the total cost of the bill to more than $1.8 trillion.
