Shutdown averted. For a week anyway.
The House passed legislation Friday to avoid a government shutdown just hours ahead of a midnight deadline.
The weeklong stopgap measure easily passed. After the Senate clears the bill late Friday, lawmakers will have one week to hash out a longer-term spending package that lasts through September.
The larger spending bill is expected to need Democratic help to keep the government funded, even though Republicans control both chambers of Congress as well as the White House.
Negotiations between the GOP and Democrats have dragged on amid unresolved policy riders regarding Puerto Rico and health benefits for coal miners.
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/33...avoid-shutdown
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