Stopgap funding shields federal agencies through December ahead of midterms
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The House approved a 370-48 stopgap funding patch to keep federal agencies funded through December 11, averting a pre-election government shutdown; the measure also delays the intoxicating hemp ban and blocks the White House from finalizing an OMB grantmaking rule, drawing mixed reactions from Republicans and Democrats as year-end budget battles loom after the midterms.
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- Congress clears funding patch to avert pre-election shutdown Politico
- U.S. House aims to avoid government shutdown amid GOP hard-liner resistance CNBC
- House Votes to Avert Government Shutdown Before Midterm Elections The New York Times
- Congress funds government until December, averting pre-election shutdown The Hill
- House clears government shutdown threat before midterms Axios
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