US: Deal reached to avert gov't shutdown, reports say
Bipartisan agreement makes a Friday shutdown unlikely
By Canberk Yuksel
NEW YORK
Republicans and Democrats have agreed to a $1-trillion-plus budget to keep government agencies funded through September, senior aides told U.S. media late Sunday.
The draft budget rejects President Donald Trump's much-vaunted border
The draft further adds $2 billion to the budget of the National Institutes of Health, a federal agency focusing on medical research, while loose ends remain on policy issues of lesser significance, the aides said.
Congress passed a stop-gap bill Friday to fund the government for another week, in a bid to buy time for a bipartisan agreement.
Democratic votes are needed despite Republican control
The reported deal makes a shutdown scenario unlikely.
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