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Funding patch passes Senate to head off fall shutdown
['Posted August']
Roll Call
The Senate easily passed a bipartisan continuing resolution early Saturday morning, likely easing the traditional September rush to head off a partial government shutdown in October.
The Senate bill passed only after a contentious, days-long dispute over the sale of some THC-infused hemp products, which held up a timing agreement for days.
The Senate tabled that amendment on a 61-32 vote, thereby allowing for a roughly four-week delay of the ban, as the White House sought.
Unlike the House measure, the Senate bill includes a few notable curbs on the administration’s authority.
And the Senate bill would extend for two years economic pacts with sub-Saharan African countries and with Haiti, while allowing for quicker spending for food assistance and disaster relief.