WASHINGTON — The House passed a $460 billion package of spending bills Wednesday that would keep money flowing to key federal agencies through the remainder of the budget year. The Senate is expected to take up the legislation before a midnight Friday shutdown deadline.
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Today in history: March 6
1933: Franklin D. Roosevelt
In 1933, a national bank holiday declared by President Franklin D. Roosevelt aimed at calming panicked depositors went into effect.
1964: Cassius Clay
In 1964, heavyweight boxing champion Cassius Clay officially changed his name to Muhammad Ali.
1973: Pearl S. Buck
In 1973, Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck, 80, died in Danby, Vermont.
1981: Walter Cronkite
In 1981, Walter Cronkite signed off for the last time as principal anchorman of “The CBS Evening News.”
2002: Monica Lewinsky
In 2002, Independent Counsel Robert Ray issued his final report in which he wrote that former President Bill Clinton could have been indicted and probably would have been convicted in the scandal involving former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
2012: R. Allen Stanford
Former Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford was convicted in Houston of bilking his investors out of more than $7 billion through a Ponzi scheme.
2016: Nancy Reagan
In 2016, former first lady Nancy Reagan died in Los Angeles at age 94.
2017: Donald Trump
Without fanfare, President Donald Trump signed a scaled-back version of his controversial ban on many foreign travelers, one that still barred new visas for people from six Muslim-majority countries and temporarily shut down America’s refugee program.
2021: Carla Wallenda
Carla Wallenda, a member of “The Flying Wallendas” high-wire act and the last surviving child of the famed troupe’s founder, died at 85 in Sarasota, Florida.
1981: Walter Cronkite
In 1981, Walter Cronkite signed off for the last time as principal anchorman of “The CBS Evening News.”
2012: R. Allen Stanford
Former Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford was convicted in Houston of bilking his investors out of more than $7 billion through a Ponzi scheme.
