Congress to pass shutdown-averting bill to continue coronavirus stimulus talks

Congressional leaders hope to attach the stimulus bill to the $1.4tn catch-all must-pass funding package

Congress is poised to pass a stop-gap funding measure that will avert a government shutdown and provide lawmakers more time to negotiate an emergency coronavirus stimulus legislation amid deepening economic pain.

Negotiations over a $1.4tn catch-all spending package are playing out alongside bipartisan efforts to pass long-delayed Covid-19 economic relief.

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