The US House of Representatives voted Thursday to keep federal agencies funded.
The US House of Representatives voted Thursday to keep federal agencies funded and avoid a costly election-year government shutdown, advancing a stop-gap funding measure that could clear the Senate within hours.
With the cash for many departments due to dry up after 11:59 pm Friday, the Republican-led lower chamber passed a bill that keeps the lights on until at least March 8.
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