House vote at 5.3oam narrowly passes bill to re-open government after funding ran out at midnight, prompting hours-long shutdownThe United States’ second shut down in three weeks ended on Friday, after the president signed a nearly $400bn funding bill that narrowly passed Congress only a few hours before.Funding for the federal government had lapsed at midnight eastern time after Kentucky Republican Rand Paul stalled a Senate vote on a far-reaching budget agreement to fund the government through 22 March while also eliminating caps on government spending and suspending the debt ceiling for the year. Continue reading…
Via: Government shutdown ends after Congress passes funding bill
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