WASHINGTON: The Republican-led US Senate easily advanced a crucial spending bill Monday (Tuesday in Manila) that averts a government shutdown, rebuffing far-right conservatives who have demanded a showdown over funding scandal-plagued abortion provider Planned Parenthood.
Fiscal year 2016 begins Thursday and Congress must approve -- and President Barack Obama must sign -- legislation that funds federal operations before midnight on Wednesday night or many government departments close up shop.
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