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US Senate vote to follow as House passes bill to avert shutdown

Lawmakers sent a package to the Senate that would keep federal agencies running through mid-March –– but the upper chamber only has until midnight (0500 GMT) to follow suit or federal agencies will begin shutting...

Trump opposes deal to avert government shutdown

Staring down a Friday night deadline to fund federal agencies, party leaders in Congress had agreed on a ‘continuing resolution’ to keep the lights on until mid-March and avoid having to send public workers home without pay over Christmas...