Senate approves bill averting government shutdown

September 27, 2013 at 10:59 a.m. | Updated September 27, 2013 at 2:05 p.m.

by The Associated Press

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., center, walks to the floor of the House on Capitol Hill in Washington on Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, as Congress continues to struggle over how to fund the government and prevent a possible shutdown.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., center, walks to the floor of the House on Capitol Hill in Washington on Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, as Congress continues to struggle over how to fund the government and prevent a possible shutdown.

WASHINGTON — A potential federal shutdown hurtling ever closer, the Senate dealt a defeat to a core of rebellious young conservatives Friday and approved legislation preventing government agencies from closing on Tuesday.

The 54-44 vote, however, hardly spelled an end to Washington's latest down-to-the-wire budget drama. It remains unclear whether the Democratic-led Senate and the Republican-run House will be able to craft a compromise and rush it to President Barack Obama for his signature before the government has to tell hundreds of thousands of federal workers to stay home.

Before final approval, the Senate voted 79-19 to reject an effort by some Senate conservatives to block final passage of the legislation.

Read tomorrow's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.



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