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Funding bill to keep US government open narrowly passes House
[Guardian] The House of Representatives has narrowly passed a bill to fund the government in an attempt to avoid a government shutdown.By a vote of 230-197 on Thursday night, the House passed a bill to fund the government through 16 February. The legislation also extends the Children’s Health Insurance Program (Chip) for six years as an incentive for Democrats to support it. But it does not address the so-called "Dreamers", the undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children and are poised to lose protections from deportation in March. Posted by: Besoeker 2018-01-19 |
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