Key Points
The US House of Representatives on Thursday (local time) approved a stopgap bill to fund the federal government through early March and avert a partial government shutdown, sending it to President Joe Biden for final approval...
Earlier on Thursday, the Senate had easily passed the bill, with a 77-18 vote ahead of the weekend deadline...
The Democratic-majority Senate and Republican-controlled House were far behind in carrying out their basic duty of funding the government for the fiscal year that began on October 1, 2023, with lawmakers scrambling to keep the lights on to give them more time to pass a full-year bill...
The intense jockeying between House Republicans seeking deep spending cuts and Democrats comes amid a $34.4 trillion national debt that is rapidly escalating and has prompted worries in part because of the heavy interest payments now being borne by the Treasury Department...
In the House, Johnson could face blowback from hardline members of his party who oppose such stopgap funding bills without deep spending cuts...
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