A must-do temporary funding bill has been selected as the House legislative vehicle to grant President Barack Obama’s request to permit the U.S. military to arm and train Syrian rebels to fight Islamic State militants. Here are highlights of other elements of the measure, which is needed to prevent a government shutdown at month’s end. It would:

—Fund federal agencies at current spending levels through Dec. 11.

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