Senators have passed the final conference report to the 2010 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act (H.R. 2918) by a vote of 62 to 38.  Prior to that, members also voted to waive rule-related points of order against the measure by a vote of 61 to 39 and a budget point of order from Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) by a vote of 61 to 39.

According to a Democratic Policy Committee summary, the bill would provide “$4.656 billion for operations of the legislative branch, an increase of $155 million, or 3.5 percent, over the amounts appropriated for legislative branch agency operations in 2009.”  No Republican summary was available at publish time.

In addition, House and Senate conferees attached a Continuing Resolution (CR) onto the appropriations bill which will keep the government functioning at current spending levels through October 31 of this year.

The summary notes that the following programs would be extended for one month under the CR:

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