ChainCatcher news, according to Caixin, the U.S. House of Representatives voted on December 20 local time to pass an emergency funding bill to prevent a government "shutdown." The new bill will continue to provide operating funds for the U.S. government until March of next year, thereby avoiding a "shutdown" of certain federal agencies after midnight on the 21st Eastern Time.It is reported that the latest bill is almost identical to the one that failed to pass on the 19th, but it removed the section regarding the debt ceiling, leaving three main parts: a short-term extension of government spending, billions of dollars in disaster relief funds, and additional assistance for farmers.