Senate passes legislation before deadlineImmigration and healthcare issues to remain unresolved until the new yearCongress has averted a shutdown of the federal government, narrowly passing a temporary spending bill that will now move to Donald Trump to sign but that will only delay the reckoning for a month and will kick contentious issues such as immigration and healthcare into the new year.
Congress had until midnight on Friday to pass a “continuing resolution” to withhold government operations running. The House bill passed by 231-188 and the Senate shortly afterwards by 66-32. The concerted Republican effort will push the deadline back by funding the government through 19 January. Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk