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government will be funded for another three months, thanks to a bipartisan funding agreement reached on Sunday that will avoid a government shutdown. The agreement will maintain funding until Dec. 20, with the House likely to vote on the bill as early as Wednesday.
The development was announced in a press release by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer , D-N.Y. "Over the past 4 days, bipartisan, bicameral negotiations have been underway to reach an agreement that maintains current funding through December 20 and avoids a government shutdown a month before the election," Schumer's statement read.
HARRIS-TRUMP SHOWDOWN: WHICH CANDIDATE HOLDS THE EDGE ON THIS CRUCIAL ISSUE Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., departs at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.
C. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images) WHAT THE LATEST FOX NEWS POLL SHOWS IN THE HARRIS-TRUMP 2024 SHOWDOWN "While I am pleased bipartisan negotiations quickly led to a government funding agreement free of cuts and poison pills, this same agreement could have been done two weeks ago." The bill also includes $231M for USSS with conditions that agency cooperates with congressional investigations.
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