US government faces shutdown as congress fails to pass spending bill

By Jasbir Singh

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US faces shutdown as congress fails to pass budget

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House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks to the media following a meeting in Washington [PHOTO:Reuters]

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US faces shutdown as congress fails to pass budget

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House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks to the media following a meeting in Washington [PHOTO:Reuters]

” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/easternherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/House-Speaker-Mike-Johnson.jpg?fit=485%2C324&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/easternherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/House-Speaker-Mike-Johnson.jpg?fit=696%2C465&ssl=1″>US agencies have warned of the need to prepare for an inevitable government shutdown. At the White House, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre lashed out at Republicans who had agreed to a bipartisan deal and then abandoned it. “This is a mess that Speaker [Mike] Johnson created, that is his mess to fix,” she told reporters […]

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