washinf(ap) -swapping crisis for compromise, the house narrowly approved $1.1 trilion in government-wide spending thursday night after president barack obama and republicans joined forces to override democratic complaints that the bill would also ease bank regulation imposed after the economy's near-collapse in 2008.
the 219-206 vote cleared the way for a final showdown in the senate on the bill-the last major measure of a two-year congress far better know for gridlock than for bipartisan achievement.
hours before the vote,house democratic leader nancy pelosi delivered a rare public rebuke to obama,saying she was "enormously disappointed"he had decided to embrace legislation that she described as an attempt at blackmail by republicans.