Appropriators reach spending agreement, fend off possibility of government shutdown

Appropriators reach spending agreement, fend off possibility of government shutdown-rollcall: Republicans and Democrats reached agreement “in principle” Thursday on $1.37 trillion in government funding, staving off the possibility of another shutdown just a week before spending is set to run out, according to Appropriations Committee leaders. The deal reached just hours after a meeting between Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, House Appropriations Chairwoman Nita M. Lowey and Senate Appropriations Chairman Richard C. Shelby, ends months of tense negotiations that revolved around border wall funding