Congress

House Passes Stopgap Bill to Avoid Government Shutdown

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Speaker Mike Johnson agreed to put a bill on the House floor that would temporarily stall a shutdown. But he set up two new deadlines that will be fast-approaching.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the U.S. Capitol
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