Congress on Tuesday approved a revised short-term spending measure (HR 3082) that would fund the government through March 4, 2011, hours before government programs and agencies would have been forced to shut down, the Washington Post reports. The House voted 193-165 to pass the bill, shortly after the Senate cleared the measure by a 79-16 vote (Sonmez, Washington Post, 12/21). President Obama has promised to sign the legislation (Carter, CQ Today, 12/21)... 
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