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Congress Passes One Week Government Funding Measure, Averting Shutdown

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 21: View of the distinctive US Capitol dome from an arch on the Senate side of the structure, on March 21, 2013 in Washington, DC. The dome is 180 feet, 3 inches high. The rotunda is visited by... WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 21: View of the distinctive US Capitol dome from an arch on the Senate side of the structure, on March 21, 2013 in Washington, DC. The dome is 180 feet, 3 inches high. The rotunda is visited by thousands of people every day. The Capitol was built in the distinctive neoclassical style. The building was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960. (Photo by Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor MORE LESS
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April 28, 2017 12:12 p.m.
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The Senate followed the House of Representatives Friday to pass a stopgap bill to fund the government and avoid a Saturday government shutdown.

The House voted 382-30 in favor of a one-week measure to fund the government Friday morning. The Senate passed the short-term funding bill by a voice vote around noon.

Watch the Senate pass the measure below, via CBS News:

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  1. America’s back, baby! Great again! Funded for a week! Booyah!

  2. Big Win ! Donald smiles !

  3. Accomplished in time for 100 day mark!

  4. And yet the GOP managed to do it, despite the yuge obstacles in owning the Presidency, Congress, AND the Senate.

    Very impressive!

  5. I didn’t realize there were so many ways to say “Fuck YOU!” to the President.

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