Headline Roundup • December 22nd, 2017
Congress Avoids Shutdown
Summary from the AllSides News Team
On Thursday, Congress passed a continuing resolution to fund the government until January 19th. People on both sides of the aisle were not entirely satisfied with the bill, but it still passed 66-32 in the Senate and 231-188 in the House.
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