President Trump on Thursday signed a short-term funding bill, averting the threat of a government shutdown until next month.
Trump signed the bill, which will extend funding through December 20, hours before government funding was set to expire. The Senate, by a 74-20 vote, passed the short-term funding bill earlier in the day.
The push to keep the government funded came as the House was in the midst of contentious public impeachment inquiry hearings. House Democrats are probing whether Trump abused his power by pressing Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden and his son’s …read more
Source:: Voice of America
