Congress adjourns with short-term funding fix in place

Sen. Patrick Leahy, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Peter Welch. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDiggerCongress averted a government shutdown for the second time in a month by passing a short-term spending bill Thursday evening before heading home for the year.
Vermont’s delegation split on the bill. Sen. Patrick Leahy voted for it, but both Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Peter Welch voted no. Leahy and Welch are Democrats; Sanders is an independent.
The bill will keep the federal government ope