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On Thursday, Congress averted a government shutdown just a day before the funding deadline was set to expire. After the House voted mostly along party lines to fund the government at current levels through Feb. 18 earlier in the afternoon, the Senate took up the continuing resolution on Thursday night …

Congress averted a government shutdown hours before the midnight deadline on Thursday, providing funding through Dec. 3 and sending the bill to President Joe Biden‘s desk for his signature. In a 254-175 vote, the House voted on a stopgap bill to fund the government at current levels for another nine …

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi outlined a “time of intensity” this week, saying her caucus “must pass” President Biden’s $3.5 trillion Build Back Better Act, a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal, and a bill to keep the government open as it will run out of money on Thursday, September 30. The …