Article 6K0KE Senate passes short-term funding bill to avert government shutdown

Senate passes short-term funding bill to avert government shutdown

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Maya Yang
from US news | The Guardian on (#6K0KE)

Majority leader Chuck Schumer had hailed bipartisan legislation to stop partial shutdown due to occur this weekend

The Senate has passed a short-term funding bill following a House vote on Thursday afternoon, narrowly averting a partial government shutdown that was due to occur this weekend.

Ahead of the Senate vote, the majority leader, Chuck Schumer, addressed the chamber floor, saying that he saw no reason this should take a very long time".

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