US Congress Unveils Stopgap Spending Deal to Avert Shutdown

Congressional leaders unveiled a stopgap funding bill Sunday to temporarily keep the US government’s doors open through Dec. 20, as negotiators aim to avert an Oct. 1 shutdown and set the stage for a funding showdown shortly before Christmas.

The bill would keep the federal government running at existing funding levels, with few exceptions. The US Secret Service would get extra money to protect presidential candidates after a second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. The measure excludes a GOP bill to require voters to show proof of citizenship, after Republicans failed to pass a previous version tied to a stopgap funding bill.