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Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, a Washington state Democrat, said just before the stopgap spending bill passed that she’s already turned her attention to “what happens next.” Murray is shown speaking during a hearing before the Senate Appropriations Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Nov. 8, 2023 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.(Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Congress sends stopgap spending bill to Biden’s desk, averting shutdown for now
BY: - November 15, 2023

WASHINGTON — U.S. senators voted 87-11 to approve legislation Wednesday that would fund the government into next year, clearing the measure for President Joe Biden’s signature. The stopgap spending bill, sometimes called a continuing resolution or CR, would fund part of the government until mid-January and the rest of the programs within the annual appropriations […]

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