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  US Congress passes third stopgap bill to avoid government shutdown, awaits Biden's nod

  World | Jan 19, 2024, 12:30 PM IST

  The bill was passed in the US House of Representatives with a vote of 314-108, with 106 hard-right members opposing the "out-of-contol government spending". The bill was passed to avert a government shutdown on Saturday morning and extends funding at current levels for some agencies till March 1.

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  'Fiscal cliff' breakthrough

  World | Dec 18, 2012, 12:03 AM IST

  Washington,Dec 17: There was some movement in long-stalled talks on avoiding the “fiscal cliff” by the end of the year, as the House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner offered to be flexible on raising taxes