The Senate passed a new government funding package on Thursday, avoiding a partial shutdown of the government at midnight and resolving, at least for now, one of a number of Democrats’ legislative priorities.The bill, which passed 65-35, funds the government through Dec.
3. It also includes disaster aid and money to help Afghan refugees. The House is expected to pass the legislation later on Thursday.But it’s just one of a number of legislative items that have created a high stakes situation on Capitol Hill for Democrats and Joe Biden’s White House.Congress has yet to raise the government debt limit, with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warning that the U.S.
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