Congress approves short-term funding bill to avoid shutdown‚ sending measure to Biden
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Congress approves short-term funding bill to avoid shutdown‚ sending measure to Biden

Congress approved a stopgap measure to keep the government funded through the beginning of March‚ successfully avoiding a partial shutdown that would have otherwise taken effect Saturday morning.  The House cleared the continuing resolution in a bipartisan 314 to 108 vote Thursday afternoon. The Senate voted 77 to 18 to approve it earlier in the day.  "We have good news for America — there will not be a shutdown on Friday‚" Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer‚ a New York...