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U.S. lawmakers have agreed on yet another temporary spending bill that will keep the government funded till early March, with the aim of averting a partial shutdown next week.
The stopgap spending bill would extend funds for some government agencies through March 1 (previous deadline was Jan. 20), while others would be funded through March 8 (previous deadline was Feb. 2).
“A short continuing resolution is required to complete what House Republicans are working hard to achieve: an end to governance by omnibus, meaningful policy wins, and better stewardship of American tax dollars,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said in a statement.
The Senate will start procedural votes on the bill, or continuing resolution, on Tuesday. “To avoid a shutdown, it will take bipartisan cooperation in the Senate and the House to quickly pass the continuing resolution and send it to the President’s desk before Friday’s funding deadline,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
But Republicans are still pushing back on the latest bill. House Freedom Caucus, comprised of Republican members of the House of Representatives, said the short-term spending bill merely buys time “to pass longer-term spending bills at Pelosi levels with Biden policies. This is what surrender looks like.”
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