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WASHINGTON — A spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown narrowly cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate, paving the way for passage as a midnight Friday deadline loomed.

Bill Allen is the president and CEO of the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation and its subsidiary, the World Trade Center Los Angeles. As CEO, Allen has led LAEDC to be a trusted ...