U.S. Senate passes short-term funding Bill to avert federal shutdown before election

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The U.S. Senate passed a short-term funding bill to prevent a federal government shutdown before the upcoming election. The bill also temporarily blocks a new White House budget rule that would give political appointees control over large grant money sums.

The ​Senate measure would also temporarily block the ⁠White House budget office from implementing ⁠a new rule giving political appointees control over ‌hundreds of billions of dollars in grant money