
Congress on Thursday passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the government open through Dec. 3, fending off a shutdown with just hours to spare before the end of the fiscal year. The continuing resolution (CR) was approved without measures included in an original version that would have suspended the debt ceiling through December 2022 and provide $1 billion for Israel’s Iron Dome system. The Senate was first up to consider the CR on Thursday morning, and voted 65-35 in…