Schumer, McConnell unveil spending deal to avoid government shutdown

But the baseline discretionary spending levels will come in below the $1.59 trillion agreed upon during the debt ceiling flap back in late May


-- New York Post, --September 27, 2023

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Senate leaders announced a potential breakthrough in the government shutdown stalemate Tuesday evening as the House of Representatives remains in paralysis.

Nineteen Senate Republicans voted against the measure: Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.) Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), JD Vance (R-Ohio), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Ted Budd (R-NC) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.). ---More...

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