Top US Senae Democrat Schumer: Congressional leaders agree to a stopgap funding measure

US Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer announced on Monday that “congressional leaders agree to a stopgap funding measure.”

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New bipartisan stopgap measure would fund some gov't agencies through March 1, others through March 8.

Stopgap bill aims to avert partial US government shutdown before Friday.

Will require bipartisan cooperation in the Senate and the House to quickly pass the CR and send it to the President’s desk before Friday’s funding deadline.