With about six hours to go before the shutdown deadline for the U.S. federal government to close, the House of Representatives has dealt with a temporary budget minus the "debt limit" issue that has hampered its handling of the budget.
As a result, the U.S. government's shutdown crisis, which had been rapidly escalating due to Republican President-elect Donald Trump's demand to abolish the debt limit, has been overcome.
The Republican-led House of Representatives passed the provisional budget bill on the afternoon of the 20th local time with 366 in favor and 34 against it.
The budget bill missing a two-year grace period for the debt limit, which was a last-minute demand from Trump, and instead included a plan to reduce government spending by $2.5 trillion next year and raise the debt limit by $1.5 trillion.
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