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No shutdown: Congress approves bill to keep government open

WASHINGTON (AP) — Just hours before a midnight deadline, a bitterly divided Congress approved a stopgap spending bill Wednesday to keep the federal government open — but with no assurance there won't be yet another shutdown showdown in December. Democrats helped beleaguered House Republican leaders pass the measure by 277-151

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House, Senate to send Obama temporary spending bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — A temporary funding measure that would keep the government open past a midnight deadline should make its way to President Barack Obama on Wednesday with time to spare. The measure has already helped topple the top House GOP leader and exacerbated painful divisions between more pragmatic Republicans and

Abortion

Democrats poised to filibuster stopgap funding measure

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is preparing to vote on legislation that would keep the government open beyond next Wednesday's deadline at a price Democrats are certain to reject — stripping taxpayer money from Planned Parenthood. The stopgap spending bill is widely expected to fail Thursday. The next steps aren&

Abortion

Senate Dems block GOP bill that would curb late abortions

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats blocked Republican legislation Tuesday prohibiting most late-term abortions, the second time since this summer's release of videos involving Planned Parenthood that they've derailed an abortion-related drive by the GOP. Senators voted 54-42 to move ahead on the legislation, but that fell six

Abortion

Planned Parenthood and government shutdown: Things to know

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans are racing to avert a government shutdown next week when the budget year ends and a temporary funding bill is required to keep agencies operating. But the once-routine job of passing a stopgap measure known as a continuing resolution has been drawn into a battle over

massachusetts politics

The Iran deal: Will congressional Democrats choose political power over principle?

As President Obama and Secretary of State John F. Kerry continue to insist this week that the Iran nuclear deal will make the world a safer place, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatolla Ali Khamenei bragged on Twitter that the pact prevents the "Great Satan" from directly inspecting Iran'

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Mass. reps unanimous in support of Iran deal

Written by Andy Metzger STATE HOUSE — The U.S. House on Friday took steps that were opposed by the entire Bay State congressional delegation to reject the Obama administration's nuclear agreement with Iran and to block the president from lifting sanctions against that country until January 2017.

Democrats

House continues effort to thwart Iran nuclear pact

Written by Deb Riechmann WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is continuing to flex its muscles on the Iran nuclear deal even though the Senate has already sealed its fate in Congress.