House Passes Spending Package, Ignores White House Labor Cuts

A bipartisan $1.4 trillion spending package that rejects White House requests for cuts at labor-related agencies and restricts spending on a centerpiece of the Trump administration’s job training plan is headed to the Senate. It’s expected to land on the president’s desk by the end of the week.

House lawmakers Dec. 17 voted 297-120 in favor of a measure (H.R. 1865) that would increase funding for the Labor Department and maintain spending levels at the National Labor Relations Board through for the rest of the fiscal year. A separate measure (H.R. 1158) raising the annual discretionary ...