US Senate passes $460bn spending bill to avert government shutdown

Vote is a major step towards finalising the 2024 federal budget after months of deadlock in the divided Congress.

Lawmakers in the United States Senate passed a spending package shortly before a midnight deadline, averting a partial government shutdown.

The lower house on Friday voted 75-22 to approve a $460bn spending package of six bills that will fund agriculture, transportation, housing, energy, veterans and other programmes through the end of the fiscal year on September 30. The lights…