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The doors will stay open. After flirting with deadline pressure, both chambers of Congress cleared a short-term bill to fund the federal government through Dec. 9, striking a compromise that dedicates $1.1 billion to fighting Zika, but postpones action on the Flint, Michigan, water crisis.
President Obama is expected to sign the bill by Friday's deadline, as Congress recesses until after the election. Meanwhile, Congress overrode the president's veto of a bill that will allow 9/11 victims' families to sue Saudi Arabia, which Obama warns sets a "dangerous precedent." |
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