US Senate averts shutdown before Midterms, curbs Trump on Border Patrol funds, delays Hemp ban
· livemint.com
The vote was 90-6, with one senator voting present, to keep federal funding flowing at current levels through December 11 and bar the Trump administration from transferring funds to the Border Patrol
The US Senate on Saturday (8 August) passed a stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown at the end of September, in a bipartisan effort to head off a...