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U.S. House passes second massive spending package ahead of shutdown deadline

STORY: U.S. House passes second massive spending package ahead of shutdown deadline SHOOTING TIME: March 22, 2024 DATELINE: March 23, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:32 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the U.S. House of Representatives voting on the bill STORYLINE: The U.S. House on Friday approved the second spending package aimed at funding part of the government agencies and programs until September, sending it to the Senate before the midnight deadline to prevent a partial shutdown. The lower chamber approved the package, which was unveiled early Thursday, in a vote of 286 to 134. The 1.2-trillion-U.S.-dollar package would provide funding for the departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, State and the legislative branch through the fiscal year 2024, which ends Sept. 30. The proposed package would allocate approximately 62 billion dollars in overall discretionary funds for Homeland Security, which was the most contentious part of th

Public Sector Workers Demonstrate - Paris

General secretary of the Civil servants' union FSU Benoit Teste during a demonstration of civil services as part of a nationwide call by labour unions (CFDT, CFE-CGC, CGT, FA, FO, FSU, Solidaires and UNSA) for better wages, in Paris, France, on March 19, 2024. The civil service unions are calling on the 5.7 million French public employees to demonstrate, four months ahead of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, during which the CGT and FO unions have already promised to file strike notices. Photo by Pierrick Villette/ABACAPRESS.COM

GREECE-ATHENS-FLYING KITES

(240318) -- ATHENS, March 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People fly kites on the occasion of Clean Monday in Athens, Greece, on March 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

GREECE-ATHENS-CARNIVAL

(240318) -- ATHENS, March 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People attend a carnival celebration at Monastiraki Square in Athens, Greece, on March 17, 2024. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

GREECE-ATHENS-FARMERS-PROTEST

(240220) -- ATHENS, Feb. 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A Greek farmer on a tractor takes part in a protest in Athens, Greece, on Feb. 20, 2024. Thousands of farmers protested in the center of Athens on Tuesday over increased production costs, requesting more state aid to stay in business. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)