US avoids shutdown

US avoids shutdown
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fullscreen The US Congress agrees on a temporary funding measure. Archive image. Photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP/TT

The US avoids a shutdown of the state apparatus for the weekend.

That’s clear after both the House of Representatives and the Senate approved yet another short-term budget that could keep several federal agencies running into March.

The short-term funding extension is the fourth in a short period of time and gives the US Congress a few more weeks to negotiate a final state budget for the current year.

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