With just hours to spare, Congress easily approved a short-term spending bill Friday that would prevent a partial federal shutdown over the weekend. The struggle over both bills was embarrassing to the GOP, which has Trump in the White House and majorities in Congress. On the spending bill, minority Democrats had threatened to withhold support for the temporary spending bill unless there was a bipartisan deal on the long-term $1 trillion measure. On the separate health care bill, House Republican leaders are still scrounging for votes from their own rank-and-file to rescue it. At least 18 Republicans, mostly moderates, said they oppose the health care legislation and many others remained publicly uncommitted.

Source: National Post April 28, 2017 18:33 UTC