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From Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the partial government shutdown (all times local):
5:25 p.m.
The House has approved a bill to fund the Treasury Department, the IRS and other agencies for the next year as part of a Democratic strategy to reopen the government on a piecemeal basis.
The Democratic-controlled House voted 240-188 on Wednesday to approve the funding bill, which also would reopen the Federal Communications Commission, the Small Business Administration and the federal judiciary, among other agencies.
Eight Republicans joined 232 Democrats to support the bill.
House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey says taxpayers rely on the IRS to assist them in filing taxes and financial planning but now “don’t have anyone they can turn to” for answers.
COMMENT:-
The rumour that this bill was originally named the "OK, So You Say That You Want To See The Government Open And Running Again, So Put Up Or Shut Up" Bill is completely false.
Or is it?
The Latest: House passes bill to fund agencies amid shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the partial government shutdown (all times local):
5:25 p.m.
The House has approved a bill to fund the Treasury Department, the IRS and other agencies for the next year as part of a Democratic strategy to reopen the government on a piecemeal basis.
The Democratic-controlled House voted 240-188 on Wednesday to approve the funding bill, which also would reopen the Federal Communications Commission, the Small Business Administration and the federal judiciary, among other agencies.
Eight Republicans joined 232 Democrats to support the bill.
House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey says taxpayers rely on the IRS to assist them in filing taxes and financial planning but now “don’t have anyone they can turn to” for answers.
COMMENT:-
The rumour that this bill was originally named the "OK, So You Say That You Want To See The Government Open And Running Again, So Put Up Or Shut Up" Bill is completely false.
Or is it?