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The US Senate votes to keep federal agencies funded and avoid a costly partial government shutdown. IMAGES
The US Senate votes in favor of a stopgap funding bill, in a rare show of cross-party unity to keep federal agencies running into 2022 and avert a costly holiday season government shutdown. With the clock ticking down to the 11:59 pm Friday deadline, the Senate votes by 69 to 28 to keep the lights on until February 18 with a resolution that had already advanced from the House of Representatives. IMAGES
The US House of Representatives votes to keep federal agencies running for another 11 weeks and avoid a costly holiday-season government shutdown, although the stop-gap measure faces a thorny path in the Senate. IMAGES
The US Senate votes to stave off a credit default that would have sparked a recession and roiled world markets as Democrats and Republicans agreed to a stop-gap fix to raise the nation's debt limit. SOUNDBITE
The US House of Representatives votes to send articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate for trial, a key step in Democratic efforts to remove the president for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. IMAGES