1/ Congressional leaders agreed on a short-term funding bill to avert a partial government shutdown. The House, however, canceled votes on the spending bill due to a winter storm despite several agencies and government functions set to run out of funding on Friday. The continuing resolution will extend the current two-tier funding deadline structure through March 1 and March 8 to give lawmakers more time to write and pass all 12 spending bills for the current fiscal year. (Politico / Axios / NPR / CBS News / NBC News)
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