"Government Shutdown Averted Again as Biden Signs Short-Term Funding Extension"
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President Biden signed a short-term funding extension, preventing a government shutdown, but setting up new funding deadlines in March. Lawmakers face the challenge of passing full-year spending bills before the new deadlines, with both parties vying for their policy priorities. The Senate and House passed the extension, but House Speaker Mike Johnson has faced pushback from conservatives over the spending deal and extension proposal.
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- Biden signs short-term funding extension, averting government shutdown CNN
- Congress punts government shutdown deadlines to March CBS News
- House GOP heads for showdown after conservatives promise revenge for bipartisan spending deal Fox News
- Editorial: Latest federal shutdown threat again spotlights the nihilism of the MAGA right St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- Budget impasses are now routine. Fixes are within reach. The Christian Science Monitor
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