US Senate overwhelmingly passes bill to end shutdown

06:41, January 23, 2018

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  US Senate vote to avoid government shutdown fails

  US Senate fails to advance a House-passed legislation to extend the government funding for four weeks in a key procedural vote Friday night, triggering a government shutdown at midnight.The federal government is running on its third temporary spending bill since fiscal year 2018 which began on Oct. 1, last year.The House passed a stopgap spending bill late Thursday largely on

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  US government shuts down as Congress can't agree on spending bill

  File photo.Washington(People's Daily) -The US federal government has gone into an official shutdown as the Congress failed to overcome a standoff over spending and immigration.US Senate failed to advance a House-passed legislation to extend government funding for four weeks in a key procedural vote Friday night, triggering the first federal government shutdown since 2013.The spending bill that expired at midnight

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  'Dreamers' disappointed that Congress deferred DACA deal

  DACA recipients and supporters protest for a clean Dream Act outside Disneyland in Anaheim, California US January 22, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Lucy NicholsonYoung “Dreamers” brought to the United States illegally as children were angry and disappointed on Monday after the US Congress approved a temporary spending bill to end a three-day government shutdown without a deal to shore up their shaky