US House passes bill to avoid government shutdown

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(VOVWORLD) - The US House on Wednesday passed a 1.5 trillion USD federal spending bill to keep the government funded through September and include 14 billion USD worth of aid for Ukraine. 
US House passes bill to avoid government shutdown - ảnh 1A meeting of the US House of Representatives (photo: AFP/VNA)

The House also passed a stopgap measure to extend federal government funding until March 15 to give the Senate enough time to pass the omnibus spending bill and avoid a government shutdown. The current government funding expires on Friday. The bill now goes to the Senate.  

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