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Obama Signs $1.1T Budget, Avoids Holiday Shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi-
dent Barack Obama has
signed a $1.1 trillion mea-
sure that will boost spend-
ing for defense and non-
defense programs over the
coming year.
Republican leaders and
the White House have said
they feel good about the
outcome and have de-
scribed the deal as the
best they could do under
divided government. The
President Barack Obama puts the cap back on the pen after signing the budget in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday,
Dec. 18, 2015, in Washington.
(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
president fended off any restrictions on Syrian refu- $680 billion in tax cuts for lar industry.
array of riders that includ- gees. Republicans secured businesses and individuals, The signing of the budget
ed efforts to halt federal an end to the ban on most with the White House in bill caps months of negoti-
money for Planned Parent- crude oil exports. particular touting the tax ations and averts a govern-
hood and place greater Congress also extended breaks for the wind and so- ment shutdown.q
