US Senate passes stopgap bill to avert government shutdown
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House must vote on short-term measure after bipartisan spending deal made between House speaker and Senate majority leaderThe Senate voted on Thursday to extend current federal spending and keep the government open, sending a short-term measure to the House that would avoid a shutdown and push off a final budget package until early March.The House is scheduled to vote on the measure and send it to Joe Biden later in the day. Continue reading...