House Approves Funding Bill to Avoid Shutdown Before Elections
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to approve a short-term funding bill to prevent a government shutdown at the end of September, keeping funding levels at current rates until December 11. The legislation, which has already been approved by the Senate, passed comfortably in the chamber with a vote of 370 in favor and 48 against. It now goes to President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign it. This would remove the most significant legislative item from Congress's to-do list before the November 3 elections, postponing stalled negotiations over a funding agreement until after the midterm elections. Both parties have clashed over the scope of federal spending, as Democrats reject Trump's call for a massive $1.5 trillion military budget, an increase over the already record $1 trillion that Congress allocated to the military this year.
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