Congress Averts US Government Shutdown Hours Before Deadline
- Legislation does not include billions in new aid for Ukraine
- McCarthy to hardliners talking up removal: ‘Go ahead and try’
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The US narrowly averted a disruptive and costly shutdown of federal agencies as Congress passed compromise legislation to keep the government running until Nov. 17.
The legislation, passed in both chambers Saturday just hours before a midnight deadline, buys Democrats and Republicans time to negotiate longer-term federal funding. It doesn’t include new funding for Ukraine.