US Congress passes third stopgap bill to avoid government shutdown, awaits Biden's nod

The United States Congress on Thursday passed a short-term spending bill, the third in this fiscal year, to avert a government shutdown on Saturday as funding runs out. The bill was approved by the House of Representatives in a vote of 314 to 108 with 107 Republicans and 207 Democrats in support of the legislation, sending it to US President Joe Biden's desk to be signed.

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