Senate strikes a deal to finish work on government funding, likely averting a weekend shutdown

US

After a day of total procedural hijinks, the Senate is now poised to pass the government funding bills in the early morning hours of Saturday, having struck an eleventh-hour amendment agreement to allow expedited passage of the bill.

Majority Leader Schumer announced the agreement on the floor early Saturday morning.

A view of the U.S. Capitol dome in Washington, D.C., March 21, 2024.

Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters

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