Congress unveils $1.3 trillion spending deal

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Congressional negotiators on Monday evening unveiled a $1.3 trillion federal spending bill, which includes $25 million for federal gun violence research, a 3.1 percent pay raise for civilian federal employees, and the repeal of several Affordable Care Act taxes, The Washington Post reports.

Congress is expected to pass the legislation, with the House likely voting on Tuesday and the Senate voting later in the week, before Friday's deadline to avoid a government shutdown. President Trump's border wall will receive $1.375 billion in funding, less than the $8 billion Trump requested, but the administration will have the ability to take funds from other accounts.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.