House Passes Stopgap Bill to Avert Weekend Shutdown

The House on Thursday passed a short-term extension of government funding, avoiding a shutdown that would have otherwise started Saturday. The spending measure then headed to the Senate, where it is about to be approved. The bill, known as a continuing resolution or CR, is the fourth stopgap spending measure passed for this fiscal year, which started last October. It would keep one group of federal agencies operating through March 8 and another through March 22, buying more time for appropriator