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No Shutdown

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., center, walks to a procedural vote and debate in the House on a stopgap spending bill to avert a government shut-
down, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Just hours before a midnight deadline, a bitterly divided Congress approved a stopgap spending bill
Wednesday to keep the U.S. government open — but with no assurance there won’t be yet another shutdown showdown in December.

(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Congress Approves Bill to Keep Government Open

ANDREW TAYLOR The votes sent the bill to mise. The tea partyers had presidential election. But son. McConnell is seeking
Associated Press President Barack Obama demanded that the must- the talks promise to be dif- to protect embattled in-
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just for his signature. pass measure be used to ficult, and success is not as- cumbents in Democratic-
hours before a midnight “The American people punish women’s health sured. leaning states such as Wis-
deadline, a bitterly divided deserve far better than care provider Planned Par- Boehner is resigning from consin and Pennsylvania,
Congress approved a stop- last-minute, short-term leg- enthood, stripping it of fed- Congress at the end of while some Republican
gap spending bill Wednes- islating,” said White House eral money because of its October, a decision he conservatives are more apt
day to keep the U.S. gov- spokesman Josh Earnest in practice of supplying tissue announced last week af- to use the battle to appeal
ernment open — but with pressing for a broader, lon- from aborted fetuses for ter informing Republicans to the party’s core voters
no assurance there won’t ger-lasting budget deal. scientific research. he would not risk a gov- on the right.
be yet another shutdown Approval of such stopgap House Republicans op- ernment shutdown over “Today was a win for the
showdown in December. measures used to be rou- posed the measure by a Planned Parenthood. Washington cartel, and an-
Democrats helped belea- tine, but debate this year clear margin, but Demo- A similar fight over imple- other setback for the Amer-
guered House Republican exposed acrimonious divi- cratic support was unani- menting Obama’s health ican people,” said Rep. Ted
leaders pass the measure sions between pragmatic mous. care law sparked a 16- Cruz, R-Texas, who is using
by 277-151 — a lopsided Republicans such as House The legislation finances the day shutdown two years combat with Washington
vote shrouding deep dis- Speaker John Boehner and government through Dec. ago that Boehner, Sen- GOP leaders to help define
agreements within the Re- more junior lawmakers in 11, providing 10 weeks to ate Majority Leader Mitch his presidential campaign.
publican party — after the the party’s conservative negotiate a more wide- McConnell and other top
Senate approved it by a tea party wing who are ranging budget deal that Republicans did not want Continued on page 3
78-20 tally earlier in the day. less inclined to compro- would carry past the 2016 to repeat in election sea-