Relief as US Congress averts government shutdown
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WASHINGTON: The United States averted a government shutdown with hours to spare on Friday (Mar 14) as lawmakers already reeling from President Donald Trump's radical federal spending cuts voted to keep the lights on through September. Facing a midnight deadline to fund the government or allow it to start winding down, Democrats dropped plans for a blockade on a Trump-backed Bill passed earlier this week by the House – clearing its path for approval by the Republican-led Senate. "In their
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