The House passed a bill Thursday to fund the federal government through Jan. 19, sending the measure to the Senate. If approved in the Senate, the bill would head off a partial shutdown this weekend. In addition to extending agency funding at current levels, it would fund the Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, through the end of March. The House bill also contains language preventing automatic spending cuts to programs including Medicare. Approval of that language would allow President Donald Trump to sign the Republican tax bill before January.
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