US House Passes Short-Term Funding Bill to Avert Government Shutdown

House passes short-term funding bill to avoid a shutdown before the election - AP News

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House Votes to Avert Government Shutdown Before Midterm Elections

Lawmakers sent the legislation to President Trump in an overwhelming vote, reflecting bipartisan enthusiasm around punting a messy spending fight until after the midterms.

By Catie Edmondson

Congress Sends Funding Bill to Avert US Shutdown to Trump

Congress cleared funding legislation to avert an Oct. 1 government shutdown, sidestepping, at least temporarily, the partisan warfare that led to repeated disruptions over the last year.

By Erik Wasson

House passes bill to avert a government shutdown ahead of midterm elections

The stopgap measure to fund the government through Dec. 11 now goes to President Donald Trump’s desk.

By Jarrell Dillard, Mariana Alfaro

House passes funding bill to avoid shutdown before midterms

Continuing resolution to approve government spending until 11 December passes 370-48 and will now go to Trump The US House of Representatives on Tuesday approved legislation to prevent a government shutdown through the midterms, as both parties opted to defuse a volatile dispute ahead of the November elections that will decide the balance of power in Congress for the final two years of Donald Trump’s presidency. A continuing resolution (CR) authorizing government spending until 11 December p...

By Chris Stein in Washington

Democrats blink in shutdown fight, hand Trump and GOP win before midterms

House Democrats caved on their government shutdown push, but conservatives raged over a hemp ban delay and federal grants provision in the CR.

U.S. House aims to avoid government shutdown amid GOP hardliner resistance

The U.S. House on Tuesday is expected to vote on a short-term spending measure that would avoid a government shutdown until after November's midterm election.

House passes short-term funding bill to avoid another shutdown before the election

The short-term measure funds federal agencies generally at current levels through Dec. 11

By Kevin Freking

US House passes funding bill to avert government shutdown before midterm elections

By Reuters