Congressional Leaders Reach Spending Deal to Avert Government Shutdown
TL;DR
Congressional leaders have reached a deal to extend the current funding deadlines and avoid a government shutdown at midnight on Friday. They plan to pass a short-term continuing resolution to extend the deadlines and have agreed on six of the 12 regular appropriations bills, with a plan to vote on those bills before March 8 and extend the remaining six bills through March 22 to allow for completion of work on those provisions.
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