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House Votes Through One-Week Spending Bill, Kicks It To Senate In Attempt To Avoid Shutdown

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04.28.17 | 11:28 am
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

WASHINGTON (AP) — House easily OKs one-week spending bill to avert partial government shutdown at midnight, Senate votes next.

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  1. {sigh}

    More winning?

  2. Paul Ryan: Constantly voting on weekly extensions would make it look like we’re actually accomplishing something. Let’s keep it going until the mid-terms!

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