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Union urges budget compromise after stopgap passed
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US CIVIL servants urged Congress today to end budget bickering after a stopgap funding deal was passed last night.
Hundreds of thousands of federal workers went back to work today after President Donald Trump ratified a Bill passed by the lower House of Representatives after 69 hours of deadlock.
But the temporary budget only funds the government until February 8, by when Congress must pass a full annual budget.
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