Congress To Buy More Time For Budget Dispute Reuters reports: “The Congress is expected to buy itself more time on Thursday to work out a much-delayed budget deal as the costs of the stalemate are increasingly being felt across the globe. The Senate is expected to pass a sixth stopgap bill that would keep the government running through April 8, more than six months after the fiscal year began. The House of Representatives passed the measure on Tuesday. Republicans who control the House and Democrats who control the Senate need to resolve a $50 billion gap between their two spending plans.”
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