Congress Passes Stopgap Funding to Avert Government Shutdown
- Senate vote follows House to send bill to Trump for signature
- Bill includes waiver that clears tax cut to become law in 2017
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The Senate gave final approval Thursday night to a short-term extension of federal funding to keep the government running for three more weeks while shoving a raft of fiscal and policy fights into the new year.
The spending measure, which now heads to President Donald Trump for his signature, would maintain current levels of spending through Jan. 19 and provide $4.5 billion in emergency funding for missile defense work as well as other Pentagon expenses. It passed the Senate 66-32 after winning approval in the House 231-188.