Article snippet: After a weeks-long slog, Congress united on Thursday night to pass a massive federal spending bill that averts a second shutdown, just weeks after the longest government closure in the nation’s history. Although the package funds nine departments, comprising roughly a quarter of the federal government, the lengthy impasse surrounded just one: the Department of Homeland Security, which would oversee the construction of new barriers on the U.S.-Mexico border. MORE had demanded $5.7 billion in funding for new construction of his signature border wall, launching a drag-out fight with Democrats, who rejected the provision outright, and leading to a five-week partial shutdown beginning Dec. 22. In a blow to Trump, the new spending package has no funding for the concrete border wall that stood as the central promise of his 2016 campaign — an exclusion that Democrats are trumpeting as evidence that they won the long partisan standoff. But Trump is expected to announce an emergency declaration to unearth new funds for his wall, which will also set up a fight in the courts. Here’s an early list of winners and losers from the drawn-out fight. WINNERS Speaker MORE Late last year, the California Democrat was confronting an internal revolt and securing the gavel only after agreeing to a self-imposed cap on her remaining years at the top of the party. Yet her handling of the tense budget negotiations — and her unwavering refusal to cave to Trump’s demands amid the lengthy shutd... Link to the full article to read more