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US Congress agrees to funding deal to avert shutdown in blow to Trump
Mike Johnson announces compromise after decoupling government funding from Trump-backed citizenship bill
US congressional leaders have agreed to a short-term funding deal in a move that averts a damaging pre-election government shutdown and also amounts to a snub for Donald Trump.
The prospect of a shutdown at the expiration of the current government funding on 30 September had been looming after Republicans insisted on tying future funding to legislation that would require voters to show proof of US citizenship – known as the Save Act and backed by Trump but opposed by Democrats.
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