U.S. Congress passes stopgap funding bill on brink of government shutdown
STORY: U.S. Congress passes stopgap funding bill on brink of government shutdown
DATELINE: Oct. 1, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:21
LOCATION: Washington D.C.
CATEGORY: POLITICS
SHOTLIST:
1. various of U.S. Senate voting on the bill
2. various of U.S. House of Representatives voting on the bill
3. various of exterior of the U.S. Capitol
STORYLINE:
The U.S. Senate on Saturday night approved a House-passed 45-day stopgap funding bill in a last-minute effort to avert a federal government shutdown.
The upper chamber passed the stopgap funding measure in a vote of 88-9. Earlier that day, the House approved the bill in a vote of 335-91.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who has been struggling to gain support from hardliners in his own Republican Party on a funding bill, released the new plan Saturday morning, which would keep federal agencies funded at current levels until mid-November, and includes 16 billion U.S. dollars of funding for disaster relief.
The new bill dropped steep spending cuts sought by conservati
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