Congress readies votes Friday on bill to avert government shutdownWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress is set to debate legislation that would extend until May 5 the deadline for a deal on federal spending through September and head off a feared government shutdown at midnight on Friday. The House Rules Committee, in a late-night meeting, voted 8-2 to send the legislation to the full House of Representatives for debate and votes on passage on Friday, just hours before expiry of a deadline for funding many federal agencies. If the measure passes the House, as expected, the Senate would be prepared to promptly take up the bill, in the hope of also passing it and sending it to President Donald Trump to be signed into law. The measure would give Republican and Democratic lawmakers an additional week to work out differences on about $1 trillion in funding for the government through Sept. 30, the end of the current fiscal year. Without the extension or a longer-term funding bill, federal agencies will run out of money by midnight Friday, likely triggering abrupt layoffs of hundreds of thousands of federal government workers until funding resumes.  The last government shutdown, in 2013, lasted for 17 days, and many lawmakers were nervous about the prospect of another. “I’m confident we will be able to pass a short-term extension” of funding for programs for the fiscal year that began nearly seven months ago, House Speaker Paul Ryan told reporters early on Thursday. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi warned that the purpose of the stopgap measure was to tie up loose ends of a deal to provide around $1 trillion in money for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30 and not for “kicking the can down the road to have this same back-and-forth” over funding disputes.   House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen expressed optimism in a statement that a final funding package will be completed soon. In the midst of the delicate negotiations, Trump took to social network Twitter to blast Democrats. “As families prepare for summer vacations in our National Parks - Democrats threaten to close them and shut down the government. Terrible!” Trump tweeted in a series of tweets. Negotiators were racing against the clock to resolve remaining disputes in the massive spending bill amid talks that have already handed Democrats at least two major victories, despite Republican control of Congress.     Trump, a Republican, gave in to Democratic demands that the spending bill not include money to start building the wall he wants to erect on the U.S.-Mexico border. His administration also agreed to continue funding for a major component of Obamacare, formally known as the Affordable Care Act, despite vows to end the program. It remained unclear whether Republicans would prevail in their effort to sharply hike defense spending without similar increases for other domestic programs. Trump has proposed a $30-billion spending boost for the Pentagon for the rest of this fiscal year. Such funding disputes could resurface later in spending bills for the next fiscal year. Disagreements remaining to be ironed out include funding to make a healthcare program for coal miners permanent and to plug a gap in Puerto Rico’s Medicaid program, the government health insurance program for the poor. politicsNews
congress readies votes friday bill avert government shutdownwashington reuters the congress set debate legislation would extend may deadline deal federal spending september head feared government shutdown midnight friday the house rules committee meeting voted send legislation full house representatives debate votes passage friday hours expiry deadline funding many federal agencies if measure passes house expected senate would prepared promptly take bill hope also passing sending president donald trump signed law the measure would give republican democratic lawmakers additional week work differences trillion funding government end current fiscal year without extension funding bill federal agencies run money midnight friday likely triggering abrupt layoffs hundreds thousands federal government workers funding resumes the last government shutdown lasted days many lawmakers nervous prospect another i confident able pass extension funding programs fiscal year began nearly seven months ago house speaker paul ryan told reporters early thursday house democratic leader nancy pesos warned purpose stopgap measure tie loose ends deal provide around trillion money fiscal year ending kicking road funding disputes house appropriations committee chairman rodney frelinghuysen expressed optimism statement final funding package completed soon in midst delicate negotiations trump took social network twitter blast democrats as families prepare summer vacations national parks democrats threaten close shut government terrible trump tweeted series tweets negotiators racing clock resolve remaining disputes massive spending bill amid talks already handed democrats least two major victories despite republican control congress trump republican gave democratic demands spending bill include money start building wall wants erect border his administration also agreed continue funding major component obamacare formally known affordable care act despite vows end program it remained unclear whether republicans would prevail effort sharply hike defense spending without similar increases domestic programs trump proposed spending boost pentagon rest fiscal year such funding disputes could resurfaced later spending bills next fiscal year disagreements remaining iron include funding make healthcare program coal miners permanent plug gap puerto rico medical program government health insurance program poor politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Congress readies votes Friday on bill to avert government shutdownWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress is set to debate legislation that would extend until May 5 the deadline for a deal on federal spending through September and head off a feared government shutdown at midnight on Friday. The House Rules Committee, in a late-night meeting, voted 8-2 to send the legislation to the full House of Representatives for debate and votes on passage on Friday, just hours before expiry of a deadline for funding many federal agencies. If the measure passes the House, as expected, the Senate would be prepared to promptly take up the bill, in the hope of also passing it and sending it to President Donald Trump to be signed into law. The measure would give Republican and Democratic lawmakers an additional week to work out differences on about $1 trillion in funding for the government through Sept. 30, the end of the current fiscal year. Without the extension or a longer-term funding bill, federal agencies will run out of money by midnight Friday, likely triggering abrupt layoffs of hundreds of thousands of federal government workers until funding resumes.  The last government shutdown, in 2013, lasted for 17 days, and many lawmakers were nervous about the prospect of another. “I’m confident we will be able to pass a short-term extension” of funding for programs for the fiscal year that began nearly seven months ago, House Speaker Paul Ryan told reporters early on Thursday. House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi warned that the purpose of the stopgap measure was to tie up loose ends of a deal to provide around $1 trillion in money for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30 and not for “kicking the can down the road to have this same back-and-forth” over funding disputes.   House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen expressed optimism in a statement that a final funding package will be completed soon. In the midst of the delicate negotiations, Trump took to social network Twitter to blast Democrats. “As families prepare for summer vacations in our National Parks - Democrats threaten to close them and shut down the government. Terrible!” Trump tweeted in a series of tweets. Negotiators were racing against the clock to resolve remaining disputes in the massive spending bill amid talks that have already handed Democrats at least two major victories, despite Republican control of Congress.     Trump, a Republican, gave in to Democratic demands that the spending bill not include money to start building the wall he wants to erect on the U.S.-Mexico border. His administration also agreed to continue funding for a major component of Obamacare, formally known as the Affordable Care Act, despite vows to end the program. It remained unclear whether Republicans would prevail in their effort to sharply hike defense spending without similar increases for other domestic programs. Trump has proposed a $30-billion spending boost for the Pentagon for the rest of this fiscal year. Such funding disputes could resurface later in spending bills for the next fiscal year. Disagreements remaining to be ironed out include funding to make a healthcare program for coal miners permanent and to plug a gap in Puerto Rico’s Medicaid program, the government health insurance program for the poor. politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: congress readies votes friday bill avert government shutdownwashington reuters the congress set debate legislation would extend may deadline deal federal spending september head feared government shutdown midnight friday the house rules committee meeting voted send legislation full house representatives debate votes passage friday hours expiry deadline funding many federal agencies if measure passes house expected senate would prepared promptly take bill hope also passing sending president donald trump signed law the measure would give republican democratic lawmakers additional week work differences trillion funding government end current fiscal year without extension funding bill federal agencies run money midnight friday likely triggering abrupt layoffs hundreds thousands federal government workers funding resumes the last government shutdown lasted days many lawmakers nervous prospect another i confident able pass extension funding programs fiscal year began nearly seven months ago house speaker paul ryan told reporters early thursday house democratic leader nancy pesos warned purpose stopgap measure tie loose ends deal provide around trillion money fiscal year ending kicking road funding disputes house appropriations committee chairman rodney frelinghuysen expressed optimism statement final funding package completed soon in midst delicate negotiations trump took social network twitter blast democrats as families prepare summer vacations national parks democrats threaten close shut government terrible trump tweeted series tweets negotiators racing clock resolve remaining disputes massive spending bill amid talks already handed democrats least two major victories despite republican control congress trump republican gave democratic demands spending bill include money start building wall wants erect border his administration also agreed continue funding major component obamacare formally known affordable care act despite vows end program it remained unclear whether republicans would prevail effort sharply hike defense spending without similar increases domestic programs trump proposed spending boost pentagon rest fiscal year such funding disputes could resurfaced later spending bills next fiscal year disagreements remaining iron include funding make healthcare program coal miners permanent plug gap puerto rico medical program government health insurance program poor politicsnews