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Senate Could Vote Today On Stopgap To Avoid Gov't Shutdown

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Chad Pergram at FOX News tweets: "Senate could vote on stopgap bill to avert a shutdown today. Then send it to the House. Bill would be "clean" without debt limit increase"

  • Senate Republicans have demanded the separation of the gov't funding measure from that of the debt ceiling suspension.
  • Several GOP senators have stated that they could support a gov't funding measure that also delivers aid to hurricane-battered states.
  • The 'clean' legislation would also not contain the USD1bn funding to replenish Israel's 'iron dome' defence system, which was depleted during the Gaza conflict with Hamas earlier this year.

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