Senate passes $1.1T funding bill

The Hill reports:

The Senate voted 56-40 late Saturday evening to pass a $1.1 trillion spending package that funds most of the government through next September.

The vote culminates a week of acrimonious sniping and sends the spending bill to President Obama’s desk for a signature.

There's more:

House Republicans leaders chose the short-term bill for DHS to give conservatives another chance to defund the executive order at the end of February.

Cruz said he expects GOP leaders to wage a tougher fight once they gain control of the upper chamber.

A fight is brewing.