Senate passes stopgap spending bill, avoiding shutdown
Senate passes stopgap spending bill, avoiding shutdown
By Kevin Freking and Lisa Mascaro | Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a stopgap spending bill Thursday that avoids a short-term shutdown and funds the federal government through Feb. 18 after leaders defused a partisan standoff over federal vaccine mandates. The measure now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law.
Earlier in the day, congressional leaders announced they…