Biden says $1.2T spending package is ‘good news for the American people,’ but Congress’ work isn’t over

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President Joe Biden thanked Congressional leaders Saturday after the Senate passed a controversial six-bill government funding package in the early hours of the day following a brief partial government shutdown.

"Thank you to Leaders Schumer and McConnell, Senators Murray and Collins, Speaker Mike Johnson, Leader Jeffries, and Representatives Granger and DeLauro, for their leadership," Biden said in a statement.

The President called the mammoth $1.2 trillion spending package "a compromise," which, he said, "means neither side got everything it wanted."

SENATE PASSES MAMMOTH $1.2T SPENDING PACKAGE AFTER BRIEF PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

"But it rejects extreme cuts from House Republicans and expands access to child care, invests in cancer research, funds mental health and substance use care, advances American leadership abroad, and provides resources to secure the border that my Administration successfully fought to include," Biden said in a statement.

The President proceeded to call the package "good news for the American people."

"But I want to be clear: Congress’ work isn’t finished," Biden continued in the statement.

He went on to urge the House of Representatives to pass the bipartisan national security supplemental and Congress to pass the bipartisan border security agreement, calling