House passes stop-gap bill to avert US government shutdown

US House Speaker Mike Johnson crafted a two-step bill on spending [Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters] The United States’s House of Representatives has passed a temporary spending bill to avert a government shutdown that could have left as many as 1.5 million public workers without pay.

The legislation, which would extend government funding until mid-January, now heads to the Senate, where Democrats have a slim majority and Republicans have also voiced support. Keep reading

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