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Government shutdown averted with little time to spare as Biden signs funding before midnight

Sep 30, 2023, 7:29 PM | Updated: Oct 17, 2023, 9:18 am

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnel with several republican senators...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., accompanied by Republican Senators, speaks to reporters following a closed-door caucus meeting about preventing a federal government shutdown, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, in Washington. McConnell is urging his Senate colleagues to wait and see what the House can produce on a bipartisan basis before considering a Senate stopgap bill. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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