US Congress approves funding stopgap averting govt shutdown
US President Donald Trump (center right) and congressional leaders including top House Democrat Nancy Pelosi (left) were facing a tight timeframe for reaching agreement on federal spending (AFP Photo/SAUL LOEB)/ Washington (AFP) - The US Congress, facing an end-of-week deadline, passed a funding stopgap measure Thursday that averts a government shutdown and provides lawmakers and President Donald Trump with breathing room to strike a 2018 budget deal. The Senate easily passed the bipartisan measure that funds government until December 22, ...
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