Senate approves funding bill to avoid a shutdown before the election

wanted the funding dealt with before senators went home for the next five weeks to focus on their reelection campaigns and other matters. It got caught up with other issues that pushed votes into the night, but the bill had broad bipartisan support. Hemp provisionThe bill also includes language delaying a national ban on most intoxicating hemp products. Budd tried to strip the hemp delay from the bill, but the Senate turned aside his effort. The post Senate approves funding bill to avoid a shutdown before the election appeared first on Los Angeles Times.