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Added on the 18/01/2024 22:47:12 - Copyright : AFPTV - First 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 House of Representatives votes to raise the federal debt limit, moving the country a step closer to eliminating the threat of a calamitous credit default -- just five days ahead of the deadline set by the Treasury. The deeply divided lower chamber of Congress voted 314 to 117 to suspend the borrowing cap through 2024, and the Senate is expected to follow suit before the end of the week. IMAGES
Former French president François Hollande votes in Tulle, Corrèze, where he is the Nouveau Front populaire candidate in a three-way race against a National Rally candidate and a Les Républicains candidate in the second round of the legislative elections. IMAGES
Eric Ciotti, president of the Républicains party, who has joined the National Rally (Rassemblement National, Eds.) votes in Nice, where he is a candidate, in the second round of the French legislative elections. IMAGES