Senate passes short-term funding bill to end government shutdown

The Guardian: The Senate overwhelmingly voted to advance a short-term spending measure on Monday, after Democrats agreed to support the bill, ending a days-long impasse and paving the way for the reopening of the federal government.
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Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer announced on Monday that his party would support the legislation – which funds the government through 8 February, while extending for six years a popular health insurance program, Chip, that provides coverage to 9 million children.

Democrats yielded after Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell promised to put an immigration bill on the floor in February to address the status of Dreamers, undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children, if no bipartisan deal could be reached by then.

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