Is the US giving up on Afghan allies? - Washington Examiner
Without congressional intervention, Afghan allies who risked their lives for U.S. personnel may lose access to the special immigrant visas they were promised.
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Without congressional intervention, Afghan allies who risked their lives for U.S. personnel may lose access to the special immigrant visas they were promised.
The Senate on Thursday passed a continuing resolution, the fourth of the fiscal year, to avert a government shutdown scheduled for Friday.
The House and Senate have passed another stopgap bill which punts the spending deadlines from March 1 and March 8 to March 8 and March 22, respectively.
The Senate passed a stopgap bill Thursday evening to fund the government an additional week before the first appropriations deadline, averting a government shutdown.
Congress approved a short-term funding measure to allow lawmakers more time to finish work on long-term spending bills.