The spending bill that averted a shutdown shrank from more than 1,500 pages to just 100—here's what was cut

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• Congress avoided a government shutdown after passing a spending bill that was revised from an original version, which Elon Musk and President-elect Donald Trump sank.

After a wild week of last-minute revisions and negotiations, Congress passed a shorter spending bill in the middle of the night early Saturday, averting a government shutdown.