The New York Times
Tue, March 01, 2011 -- 4:34 PM ET
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House Passes Measure to Stave Off Government Shutdown for Two Weeks
WASHINGTON - The House on Tuesday passed a two-week budget
measure that cuts $4 billion in federal spending and Senate
Democrats said they would quickly follow suit, averting any
threat of a government shutdown when government funding runs
out Friday.
But the measure, approved on a bipartisan vote of 335 to 91,
extends only through March 18, allowing little time for the
Republican-led House and the Democratic Senate to bridge
substantial divisions over how much money to allocate to
federal agencies for the remainder of the fiscal year that
ends Sept. 30.
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