After months of rancor and the government set to run out of money Wednesday, the House and Senate quickly passed a $1.8 trillion spending package Friday. President Obama immediately signed it into law.

The omnibus spending bill funds the government through the remainder of the fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30, 2016. The government had been funded through a series of stopgap measures, the last of which expires Tuesday.

The bill passed 316-113 in the House where Santa Clarita’s congressman, Rep. Steve Knight, R-Palmdale, voted “yes.”

In the Senate, where it passed 65-33, California Sen. Dianne Feinstein voted “yes” and Sen. Barbara Boxer did not record a vote.

Rep. Steve Knight

Knight said in a statement: “The omnibus is far from perfect; it does not strengthen our border as much as I would like, and it does not do enough to reduce our nation’s debt.

“However, my No. 1 priority is to protect the American people and our way of life, and the omnibus improves our military so we can defeat and destroy ISIS and other terrorist organizations at home and abroad. Additionally, it has many provisions that will strengthen the American economy and support families and our communities.

“Finally, as a representative it is my job to govern, which means making tough choices and balancing the good with the bad. Ultimately, voting for the omnibus was the right choice for our community.”

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.

Feinstein said: “I voted for the omnibus and tax extenders because I think our nation is best served by fiscal certainty. Stability and predictability in our tax code will help promote economic growth.”

She said she also supported the bill because it includes intelligence, security and visa waiver legislation she has worked on.

“After working on legislation that addresses the cyber threat for more than five years, this cyber bill will be the first legislative effort to promote information sharing between companies and between companies and the government,” she said. “The bill provides strong liability protections and strict privacy safeguards.

“I support including provisions to strengthen the Visa Waiver Program, as this is a national security priority for me. Importantly, the House version of the bill includes a requirement to obtain a traditional visa if you have been to Iraq or Syria recently. I’m disappointed that provisions I proposed on biometrics were not included and I intend to remedy that by continuing to push to require biometric submissions for first time visa waiver travelers before they enter the United States.”

U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer

Boxer said in a statement Thursday that she supported the bill.

“With this deal, we have avoided the devastating sequester cuts – which is incredibly important for our economy, for our workers and for our businesses,” she said. “By definition, no deal is ever perfect. No one will get everything they want – especially in a divided government, but this agreement is good for our country in many ways.”

She cited an extension of clean energy investments, support for first responders, and $22.5 billion for Pell Grants among several examples.

Vice President Joe Biden issued the following statement:

“Over the last seven years, our economy has gone from crisis to recovery to the cusp of resurgence. The budget and tax agreement that Congress negotiated this week will help make it a permanent resurgence. Neither side got everything it wanted, and there is more we will continue to fight for. But this agreement reverses self-inflicted wounds like sequestration, averts another unnecessary government shutdown, and lays a path forward to the type of governing by consensus that the American people deserve and expect.

“It makes permanent Recovery Act expansions of tax credits that boost incomes for millions of working and middle-class families, helping them care for their children and pay for college. It extends tax credits that will continue an American-led clean energy transformation that’s unleashing new industries and creating tens of thousands of good-paying American jobs. It will help hundreds of thousands of people looking for work know where the jobs are, what training is needed, where to get trained, and where to find the jobs.

“This agreement marks the largest investment in the NIH in a decade—$32 billion—that will mean more clinical trials for patients and more research grants for next-generation scientists. It will help put us closer to curing cancer — turning deadly diseases into manageable chronic conditions – and on the verge of countless other life-saving and life-changing discoveries.

“The agreement invests a record $480 million in programs under the Violence Against Women Act. It invests $45 million toward eliminating the backlog of rape kits, so tens of thousands of rape and sexual assault victims will no longer have to wait years before their rape kits are tested –allowing them to find closure and bring their perpetrators to justice. The budget also provides an increase of $3.75 million to the National Domestic Violence Hotline so fewer women and men remain prisoners in their own homes.

“And as we were reminded in the summer of 2014 when 50,000 unaccompanied children risked their lives to escape crime, corruption, violence and poverty to find their way to our southwestern border—the security and prosperity of Central America are inextricably linked with our own. At the President’s request, I’ve traveled to the region and have made it clear with the leaders of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras that the United States stands ready to support their efforts to reverse endemic violence and poverty, crack down on criminal networks, and strengthen good governance and the rule of law. As those leaders have responded, this decision by Congress to invest $750 million in Central America demonstrates that we honor our commitments and believe in a future where the Western Hemisphere is middle class, democratic, and secure.

“The agreement is not perfect, but it will help grow our economy, bolster our security, and it reflects governing by consensus, not the governing by crisis we’ve seen too often of late.”