But the bill includes a fix to the so-called grain glitch, a flaw in the sweeping tax overhaul passed last year that stood to hurt certain agricultural businesses. The spending bill does not include $900 million in funding for Gateway that had been included last year in House legislation. The spending bill this week allocates the allowed spending among a vast array of federal programs. Even with the spending bill unveiled, there is still some risk of a brief shutdown this weekend, as any one senator can stop the Senate from speeding up consideration of the bill to meet Friday’s deadline. The spending bill gave the most conservative members of Congress little to celebrate.

Source: New York Times March 21, 2018 17:55 UTC