Enough Democrats compromised with Republicans to enable the U.S. House of Representatives early Friday to pass a major spending bill that prevented an imminent government shutdown but did not include protections from deportation for immigrants who came to the United States as children.
Patrick Ward, the chairman of the Providence Democratic City Committee, resigned after posting a scene from The Godfather, Part II with mobsters Michael and Fredo Corleone and adding the first names of two Italian-American members of the Providence City Council. They were not amused.
