U.S. Congress passes short-term bill to avert government shutdown

😖 45.6 😊 15.0 😍 14.1 😐 11.6 😒 9.5 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led Congress averted a U.S. government shutdown on Friday and gave lawmakers another week to work out federal spending through Sept. 30, with tricky issues like defense spending still unresolved.