Senate seals bipartisan stopgap to avert October shutdown through December
TL;DR
Senate leaders announced a bipartisan continuing resolution to fund the government at current levels through Dec. 11, aiming to avert a Oct. 1 shutdown and buy time for longer-term funding after the midterms. The House must sign off on the plan (they're in August recess), and the bill includes adjustments to SNAP and WIC, disaster relief, and national security programs, while closing fund-transfer loopholes and blocking a White House grant-cancellation proposal.
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