Congress looked to avert a government shutdown for the second time in a week by passing a two-day stopgap funding bill to allow lawmakers more time to agree on a COVID relief bill. The House passed the measure in a 320-60 vote with the Senate approving it by a voice vote soon after, The Associated Press reported. House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., said the public should not expect a bill to be agreed to sooner than 1 p.m. Sunday. NANCY PELOSI, MITCH MCCONNELL RECEIVE COVID-19 VACCINE"I am so frustrated by the inability of us to act like adults, with responsibility," Hoyer told reporters Friday evening, The Hill reported. "I'm adamantly opposed to shutting down the government that serves the people of the United States, and indeed globally," Hoyer told Fox News.

Source: Fox News December 19, 2020 02:57 UTC