U.S. Senate leaders reach funding deal to avoid shutdown during campaign season

Senators on the Appropriations Committee on Sunday agreed to a funding bill that would prevent a government shutdown at the end of September and fund the government through part of December. An initial procedural vote is scheduled for Monday night, with Senate leaders eyeing to…

The Senate is likely to vote on the measure before leaving Washington at week's end for its traditional August recess, a period that many lawmakers want to spend shoring up their re-election prospects rather than working in the nation's capital