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Tentative deal would avert possible looming federal shutdown

WASHINGTON - Senior lawmakers announced a tentative agreement Thursday on an almost $1.4 trillion government-wide spending bill that would stave off a federal shutdown next weekend and split the differences on a number of contentious issues.

The handshake agreement was announced by the chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., and other top members of Congress.

http://www.startribune.com/negotiators-announce-deal-on-government-wide-spending-bill/566142861/

 

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