The US House of Representatives passed Saturday a bill to secure funds necessary for keeping the government operational for 45 days.<\/p>\n
The legislation was passed with 335 in favor and 91 against only a few hours before the start of the government shutdown.<\/p>\n
The Republican stopgap measure was supported by all Democratic lawmakers except only one. It now headed to the Senate for vote.<\/p>\n
The Senate has until midnight to pass legislation to keep the government funded or risk their first government shutdown in over four years on Sunday. <\/p>\n
On Thursday, the White House warned that “extreme House Republicans are playing partisan games with peoples’ lives and marching our country toward a government shutdown that would have damaging impacts across the country – including delaying long-term disaster recovery and undermining preparedness in communities across the country”.(KUNA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The US House of Representatives passed Saturday a bill to secure funds necessary for keeping the government operational for 45 days. The legislation was passed with 335 in favor and 91 against only a few hours before the start of the government shutdown. The Republican stopgap measure was supported by all Democratic lawmakers except only […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":140158,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-world-news"],"yoast_head":"\n