Congress sidesteps shutdown with 11-hour budget patch https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/122124_congress_budget_patch/congress-sidesteps-shutdown-with-11-hour-budget-patch/
Congress survived yet another fiscal near miss Friday night, as lawmakers in both chambers agreed to advance a stopgap budget that extends funding for federal programs through the spring and averted a government shutdown just days before the Christmas holiday.
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