With little fanfare to mark a rare bipartisan achievement, President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed a massive, $1.1 trillion spending bill that keeps the government operating over the next nine months. The legislation was a compromise that angered liberals and conservatives alike but avoided a government shutdown and put off partisan clashes over immigration to next year. It was one of the last acts of Congress under the current Republican House and Democratic-controlled Senate. In January, the new Congress will return with Republicans in charge of both chambers. Spending bill: U.S. President Barack Obama addresses an audience of armed forces on Monday at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey a day before passing his $1.1 trillion spending bill
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President Barack Obama signed a massive, $1.1 trillion spending bill that keeps the government operating for the next nine months
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The measure retains spending for Obama's health care law and pays for the administration's fight against Ebola
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The agreement is aimed to avoid a government shutdown like the partial one in 2013 that damaged the GOP's standing with the public
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