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Congress avoids government shutdown, drops Ukraine aid
By Bryant Harris
Sep 30, 09:03 PM
US Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, Republican of California, speaks to the press before going to the House chamber to vote on a continuing resolution on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on September 30, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON ― Congress on Saturday passed a short-term funding bill to avoid a government shutdown mere hours before the deadline and after lawmakers dropped additional support for Ukraine from the bill.
After trying and failing to pass a Republican measure that would slash non-defense spending and enact strict immigration policies, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., reversed course on early Saturday morning and offered a stopgap funding bill similar to the bipartisan Senate version – minus $6 billion in Ukraine aid.
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