Congress and the White House have avoided any possible government shutdowns in the near future by agreeing to a budgetary spending authorization and raising the borrowing cap.  The agreement increases domestic spending and stops the scheduled reinstatement of the sequester spending cuts.  See this link to read the outline of the agreement as spelled out by the Speaker of the House.

Now the Congressional Committees will work on spending bills to outline the appropriations to each agency and program that will be the actual budget within the spending agreement.  For more information, a good source is the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities.  read this article.

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