Gov­ern­ment shut­down nar­row­ly avoid­ed after Repub­li­cans, Democ­rats make fund­ing deal

Government shutdown narrowly avoided after Republicans, Democrats make funding deal

The U.S. gov­ern­ment will be fund­ed for anoth­er three months, thanks to a bipar­ti­san fund­ing agree­ment reached on Sun­day that avoids a gov­ern­ment shutdown.The agree­ment main­tains fund­ing until Dec. 20, with the House like­ly to vote on the bill as ear­ly as Wednesday.The devel­op­ment was announced in a press release by Sen­ate Major­i­ty Leader Chuck Schumer, D‑N.Y.“Over the past 4 days, bipar­ti­san, bicam­er­al nego­ti­a­tions have been under­way to reach an agree­ment that main­tains cur­rent fund­ing through Decem­ber 20 and avoids a gov­ern­ment shut­down a month before the el …