Source: United States & Canada – South China Morning PostUS Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said lawmakers had reached an agreement to avoid a government shutdown on Friday, extending government spending until December 3.The legislation, scheduled for a Senate vote Thursday morning Washington time, though important, would resolve perhaps the least of Schumer’s worries.Federal agencies, pushed to the brink of the end of the financial year, had been preparing for a shutdown of non-essential parts of the government after Senate Democrats failed to…Read More