Senate, calling Trump's bluff, OKs stopgap spending bill to avoid a government shutdown
by Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times
Dec 20, 2018
4 minutes
WASHINGTON - Calling President Donald Trump's bluff as the holiday looms, Congress worked to avert a government shutdown by sending him a budget bill funding federal operations for about seven weeks, postponing the fight over the billions he demands for a border wall.
The Senate late Wednesday, by voice vote, easily approved the stopgap spending bill to keep the government running through Feb. 8, with no money for the wall. The House plans to follow with a vote perhaps Thursday, to send the measure to the president before a Friday night deadline.
Senate Republicans, after a Capitol lunch with Vice President Mike Pence, said that they
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