Congress Averts Shutdown, Sends Trump Stopgap Spending Bill

Andrew Taylor, Alan Fram, Denver Post: Politics
Thu, 12/07/2017 - 3:54pm

WASHINGTON — Congress on Thursday passed a stopgap spending bill to prevent a government shutdown this weekend and buy time for challenging talks on a wide range of unfinished business on Capitol Hill. The shutdown reprieve came as all sides issued optimistic takes on an afternoon White House meeting between top congressional leaders and President Donald Trump. The measure passed the House 235-193, mostly along party lines, and breezed through the Senate on a sweeping 81-14 tally barely an hour later.

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