The Senate passed a bill Friday night to free up more than $1 billion in Washington’s city budget, fixing an omission in the government funding bill now on its way to the president’s desk.
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) said on the Senate floor that President Donald Trump has “endorsed” the bill, along with House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.).
“There are no federal dollars involved,” Collins assured her colleagues before the Senate passed the bill by voice vote.
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