Senate leaders reach funding deal to avoid shutdown during campaign season

Key senators have unveiled a short-term spending bill to avoid a government shutdown during the middle of campaign season

The Senate is likely to vote on the measure before leaving Washington at week's end for its traditional August recess, a period that many lawmakers want to spend shoring up their reelection prospects rather than working in the nation's capital.

Key senators have unveiled a short-term spending bill to avoid a government shutdown during the middle of campaign season

Senate leaders reach funding deal to avoid shutdown during campaign season  Toronto Star

Senate leaders reach funding deal to avoid shutdown during campaign season  AP News

Senate Republicans are close to cutting a deal with their Democratic counterparts to avoid a government shutdown and rein in a proposed rule from the White House budget office that would give Trump appointees more power to withhold congressional appropriations, according to senators familiar with the negotiations. GOP