Obama signs appropriations bill
Government agencies are no longer working on short-term continuing resolutions.
President Barack Obama signed the $915 billion appropriations bill on Dec. 23. The latest continuing resolution providing short-term funding had been set to expire that same day.
The fiscal 2012 Consolidated Appropriations Act passed Congress Dec. 17. The legislation contains fiscal 2012 funding for most federal agencies.
A few other agencies had already had their funding set by a "minibus" budget bill that passed in November.
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