US Congress approves funding bill, averts shutdown in rare show of cross-party unity

WASHINGTON – The US Congress approves a funding bill in a rare show of cross-party unity to keep federal agencies running through September and avert a damaging partial government shutdown.

The Senate missed a deadline of midnight last night to keep the lights on in several key agencies but voted in the early hours of this morning to pass a resolution that had already advanced from the House.

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