RT | Congress Passes U.S. Spending Bill to End Crude Oil Export Ban Bloomberg Congress passed a $1.1 trillion spending measure that averts a U.S. government shutdown and ends a 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports, a plan that ensures fiscal peace in Congress through most of 2016. The Senate passed the bill 65-33 on Friday, ... US House passes bill to lift 40-year ban on oil exports House Passes Spending Bill, Lifts Ban on Oil Exports Tax and Spend: What's Changing on Oil Exports, Obamacare, Visas |