The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a $1.1 trillion spending package that avoids a government shutdown. The bill is now headed to the Senate, which is expected to vote on the measure and send it to President Obama for final approval.
Included in the omnibus bill is a repeal of country of origin labeling, which would avoid retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imported products from Canada and Mexico. The two countries were granted the authority to levy more than $1 billion in tariffs after the World Trade Organization repeatedly ruled that the U.S. COOL rule was discriminatory against Canadian and Mexican meat products.