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Trump&backed spending deal fails to clear US House as government shutdown looms
The US House of Representatives on Thursday rejected a Republican-led funding bill aimed at averting a government shutdown, with federal agencies due to run out of cash on Friday night. Dozens of debt hawks in the Republican ranks rebelled against their own leadership to sink the package, a day after US President-elect Donald Trump rejected a prior deal.
The US House of Representatives on Thursday rejected a Republican-led funding bill aimed at averting a government shutdown, with federal agencies due to run out of cash on Friday night. Dozens of debt hawks in the Republican ranks rebelled against their own leadership to sink the package, a day after US President-elect Donald Trump rejected a prior deal.
