Congress Avoids Government Shutdown — Temporarily

The Kansas City Globe e-Edition
The U.S. Capitol Building (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)
The U.S. Capitol Building (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill have avoided a government shutdown – for now, at least. Both chambers of Congress on Thursday (today) passed a stopgap funding bill that came just hours before the deadline, avoiding a costly shutdown.

After the Senate voted 65-35 to approve the bill, the House followed with a 254-175 vote in favor of the measure, which now heads to President Joe Biden’s desk for his signa…