Congress to pass stopgap funding bill next week: top Republican

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Congress to pass stopgap funding bill next week: top Republican

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/congress-pass-stopgap-funding-bill-next-week-top-020538787--sector.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/GYdCq10TKz.C0mA0dWX33g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-01-11T020538Z_4_CBREA09199100_RTROPTP_2_USA-HEALTHCARE-REPUBLICANS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. House Majority Leader Cantor addresses a news conference in Washington" align="left" title="U.S. House Majority Leader Cantor addresses a news conference in Washington" border="0" /></a>The House of Representatives next week will pass a stop-gap funding measure to prevent a government shutdown for three days as negotiators try to finalize a $1 trillion spending bill, Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor said on Friday. This will allow more time for the spending bill to clear often lengthy procedural hurdles in the U.S. Senate. Lawmakers have been trying to reach agreement on the massive funding bill by January 15, when all government spending authority expires for military and domestic discretionary programs and federal agencies. But negotiators on the measure, which sets thousands of budget line items from national parks to Pentagon weapons programs, still have a number of funding and policy issues to resolve that will likely take through this weekend.</p><br clear="all"/>

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