Congress passed a stopgap government funding bill on Thursday‚ with the Senate and House both approving the legislation on a bipartisan basis to avert a looming weekend shutdown. The House voted the further appropriations through by a count of 314-108‚ allowing funding at current levels to continue until March 1 for the Departments of Agriculture‚ Energy‚ Transportation‚ Housing and Urban Development‚ Veterans Affairs‚ the Food and Drug Administration and military construction....