Bipartisan congressional leadership reached a deal to keep the government funded for the near future. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other key negotiators released a statement Wednesday afternoon describing the deal. The lawmakers reached an agreement on six appropriations bills that legislators will vote on by March 8, with the remaining six to be finalized and receive a vote by March 22. Read: “We are in agreement that Congress must work in a bipartisan manner to fund o…