Government Shutdown Averted, House Of Representatives Approves Stopgap Federal Funding Measure

The U.S. Congress narrowly avoided a government shutdown Wednesday when it passed legislation that will fund federal agencies until Dec. 11, the Associated Press reported. The stopgap funding bill, which the House of Representatives passed along to be signed into law by President Barack Obama, aims to give congressional negotiators and the president roughly 10 weeks to establish a longer-term budget deal that would last through the new fiscal year, which ends Sept.