Congress Reaches Deal on Spending Bill

Congressional leaders reached a tentative deal Tuesday night on a $1.1 trillion spending bill that would end the threat of a year-end government shutdown and fund federal agencies through most of 2016, USA Today reports.

The news was announced during the middle of the Republican debate last night.

Said Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI): “We didn’t win everything we wanted. Democrats got some things they wanted. So that’s the nature of compromises in divided government. But all told, we’ll make sure that we keep government funded and that we advance some of our priorities and, namely, that’s to create jobs.”