Washington: A comparison of rival House and Senate bills aimed at preventing a partial government shutdown Tuesday:
House Bill:
*Funds federal agencies through December 15 at current spending levels. The rate equates to annual agency spending of $986 billion, and includes the impact of this year's sequester, or automatic spending cuts.
*Delays for a year the requirement that individuals and businesses with fewer than 50 full-time employees buy insurance under President Barack Obama's 2010 health care law.
(Dropped from the bill were earlier provisions repealing a 2.3 per cent tax on medical devices like pacemakers and scanning machines, and letting some employers with religious or moral objections decline to provide contraception coverage.)
Senate Bill:
*Funds federal agencies through November 15 at the same level as the House bill.
*Makes no changes in 2010 health care law.
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