#Congress

The Senate passed a stopgap funding bill through Dec. 11 on a 90-6 vote, but the House already passed a different one through Dec. 4 without the new provisions, leaving a fourth shutdown fight unresolved before Sept. 30.

Nine of Washington's ten House members and both senators are urging Trump to approve an emergency wildfire declaration, with the memory of a five-month delay for Malden hanging over the request.