<h1>House passage of $1.2 trillion spending package to end partial government shutdown; DHS funding extended short term.</h1> The House passed a roughly $1.2 trillion appropriations package, 217-214, funding 11 of 12 annual bills through September 30 and sending the measure to the President, who has said he will sign it; the package includes a short-term funding patch for the Department of Homeland Security through February 13 while lawmakers negotiate changes to Homeland Security funding and enforcement operations.