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US Senate approves funding proposal that does not include Trump’s demand to raise debt limit

Measure averting government shutdown did not include demand by president-elect to raise debt ceilingThe US Senate has approved a stop-gap funding measure to avert a government shutdown shortly after a midnight deadline with a bill that defied Donald Trump’s demand for a debt-limit suspension. The legislation next goes to Joe Biden’s desk for his signature.The Senate passed the bill in an 85 to 11 vote, hours after an overwhelmingly bipartisan 366-34 vote in the House. It was passed 38 minutes after the deadline but the government did not invoke shutdown procedures in the interim. Continue reading...

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