The short-term bill will allow funding of federal agencies in the US beyond the weekend the deadline.
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives has frequently clashed with Democrat-run Senate and White House
US Congress on Thursday evening approved a short-term stopgap bill to avoid a partial government shutdown, allowing funding to continue for key federal agencies.
The bill was passed 36 hours before a deadline that would have brought government spending to a halt.
The House of Representatives, led by Republicans, and the Senate, led by Democrats, passed a “continuing resolution” to extend the deadline for the annual budget beyond its Friday deadline.
Congress will now have until March 8 to pass half of the 12 bills that make up the federal budget, and until March 22 for the remaining six.
More to follow…
mf/ab (AFP, Reuters)
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