Funding bill to keep US government open narrowly passes House

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Lawmakers pass bill to fund government through 16 February

 

Bill now heads to Senate, where it needs 60 votes to avoid filibuster

 

 

Fri 19 Jan 2018 03.33 GMT

Ben Jacobs in Washington

 

 

 

 

Paul Ryan, speaker of the House of Representatives, on Capitol Hill

Photograph: May/Sipa USA/Rex/Shutterstock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/18/government-shutdown-avoided-house-representatives-bill-pass

 

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White House calls Democrats ‘obstructionist losers’ as federal agencies head into the first closure for five years

 

Sabrina Siddiqui, Ben Jacobs and Lauren Gambino in Washington

Sat 20 Jan 2018 08.00 GMT

 

 

 

A pro-Dreamer placard at a rally in Washington on Friday night

Photograph: REX/Shutterstock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More pics & 1 vid in link

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/20/us-government-faces-shutdown-after-senate-rejects-funding-bill

 

 

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The federal workers facing an unpaid furlough: 'We're being used as pawns'

 

Up to 800,000 US employees will be asked to stay at home on Saturday if Congress cannot reach a deal to avoid a government shutdown

 

 

Fri 19 Jan 2018 23.20 GMT

By Jamiles Lartey

 

 

 

 

Members of the press follow Kellyanne Conway as she speaks about a potential government shutdown on Friday

Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/19/government-shutdown-us-workers-furlough-congress