Congress sends year-end spending measure to Obama

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress on Friday sent President Barack Obama a bipartisan but deficit-boosting year-end spending package that raises federal agency budgets and awards tax cuts to both families and a sweeping array of business interests. A 65-33 Senate vote on the $1.8 trillion measure shipped it to the White House. The bill combines $1.14 trillion in new spending in 2016 and $680 billion in tax cuts over the coming decade. It had earlier swept through the House of Representatives on a pair

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress on Friday sent President Barack Obama a bipartisan but deficit-boosting year-end spending package that raises federal agency budgets and awards tax cuts to both families and a sweeping array of business interests. A 65-33 Senate vote on the $1.8 trillion measure shipped it to the White House. The bill combines $1.14 trillion in new spending in 2016 and $680 billion in tax cuts over the coming decade. It had earlier swept through the House of Representatives on a pair…