Eleventh-hour Republican measure keeps federal funding going for 45 days, albeit with a freeze on aid to Ukraine. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - Last-gasp moves to prevent a US government shutdown took a dramatic step forward on Saturday, as Democrats overwhelmingly backed an eleventh-hour Republican measure to keep federal funding going for 45 days, albeit with a freeze on aid to Ukraine.
Saturday’s agreement could end up costing Mr McCarthy his job, as the hardliners had threatened to remove him as Speaker if a stopgap measure they opposed was passed with Democrat support. The proposed plan would keep the government funded at current levels without the hardline-backed spending cuts that Democrats had viewed as a non-starter. But the lack of assistance for Ukraine was problematic.has been a key policy plank for President Joe Biden’s administration and, while the stopgap is only temporary, it does raise questions over the political viability of renewing the multibillion-dollar flow of assistance.
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Last-gasp measure to avoid US government shutdown passes key voteStopgap measure would keep federal funding going for 45 days, albeit with a freeze on Washington’s massive aid to Ukraine. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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