US Senate Passes Bill to Avert Shutdown
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With US inflation at a high, US Senate passes a bill to avert the surplus risk of a shutdown.
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The 69-28 vote leaves government funding at current levels until Feb. 18.
The US Senate approved a stopgap funding bill Thursday to keep federal agencies running into 2022 and avert a costly holiday season government shutdown.
The Senate voted by 69 to 28 to leave government funding at current levels until Feb. 18.
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The "continuing resolution" avoids millions of public workers being sent home unpaid with Christmas approaching.
Congress observers had expected to see the resolution getting a rough ride in the Senate, where Republicans supporting Donald Trump threatened to tank the measure in protest over the White House's pandemic response.
But Democrats settled to allow a straight majority vote on defunding President Joe Biden's vaccine-or-testing mandate for large companies, which promptly failed as expected.
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