Lawmakers strike major spending deal

CBS News reports:

Congressional leaders late Tuesday reached a deal on a $1.1 trillion spending package to fund the government through next September, and on a package to extend and make permanent some expired tax provisions.

The text of the more than 2,000-page spending bill was posted very early Wednesday morning after weeks of negotiations between Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill over contentious policy riders.

Among its major provisions, the deal lifts a decades-old crude oil export ban in exchange for a package of renewable energy tax credits and conservation policies. It also includes language to reform the visa waiver program and to reauthorize the Zadroga Act's health and compensation funds for 9/11 responders, victims and their families.

Those big spending Republicans sure know how to get along with big spending Democrats.