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Congress passes 10-week stopgap spending bill, narrowly avoiding shutdown

Eric Katz  |  December 3, 2021

By Eric Katz, includes “The House and Senate on Thursday approved a stopgap spending bill, sending to President Biden’s desk a measure to delay a government shutdown until at least mid-February. The 10-week continuing resolution passed over significant Republican opposition in both chambers and a last-minute push by some conservative senators to block funding for President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates. … The measure does include $7 billion for resettlement of Afghan evacuees…”

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