GOP Expected To Back Bill Averting U.S. Shutdown

Remy Tumin of the New York Times has reported that Republicans are expected to back a bill to avert a government shutdown as Democrats try to resolve divisions over advancing President Biden’s agenda.

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The Senate could vote as early as tonight on the spending bill, which is needed to prevent a lapse in government funding at midnight tomorrow, Tumin reported.

The breakthrough came after Democrats removed a debt-limit increase from the bill that the GOP had refused to back but lawmakers still haven’t been able to reach a deal on two big-ticket spending bills.

Biden himself has mounted an all-out effort to salvage the proposed legislation containing trillions of dollars in spending on infrastructure, education, climate change, and more.

On the other side of the aisle, business groups and some Senate Republicans have mounted their own offensive to secure support for a bipartisan infrastructure bill that is set for a vote in the House tomorrow.

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