{
  "id": 302647,
  "title": "Senate Passes Stopgap Bill to Avert Shutdown, Avoiding Skirmish Before Midterms",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/senate-passes-stopgap-bill-to-avert-shutdown-avoiding-skirmish-before",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-08T08:04:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The New York Times",
    "slug": "the-new-york-times",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/us/politics/senate-passes-stopgap-bill.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The US Senate has passed a temporary measure to fund federal agencies through December 11, aiming to avert a government shutdown before the midterm elections. This move comes more than a month before the current spending deadline of September 30.\n\nThe Senate's version of the bill differs from the one passed by the House of Representatives, according to Democrats. The Senate measure would prevent the Trump administration from reallocating funding to border security from other programs and includes language to allow funding adjustments for housing and food assistance programs. It would also block the White House budget office from implementing a new rule giving political appointees control over hundreds of billions of dollars in grant money, as reported by Free Malaysia Today.\n\nThe bill passed with a vote of 90-6 and has been sent to the House of Representatives. The Senate is set to leave for a five-week recess, as reported by The Hill.",
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        "outlet": "The New York Times",
        "title": "Senate Passes Stopgap Bill to Avert Shutdown, Avoiding Skirmish Before Midterms",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/senate-passes-stopgap-bill-to-avert-shutdown-avoiding-skirmish-before-306560",
        "published": "2026-08-08T08:04:22.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}