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Senate Republicans demand major immigration reform in anti-shutdown bill

The Democratic-led US Senate is working on a stopgap funding bill to prevent another government shutdown, while House Republicans are demanding budget cuts and stricter immigration measures at the US-Mexico border.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy suggested that addressing border issues in the Senate's stopgap measure could avoid a government shutdown.
The debate over funding and immigration continues to be a point of contention between Democrats and Republicans, with potential consequences for government operations.

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Times of India

Shutdown looms as US Senate, House advance separate spending plans

The US Senate is pushing for a bipartisan stopgap funding bill to prevent a government shutdown, while the House prepares to vote on partisan Republican spending bills. The Senate bill, which would extend federal spending until November 17 and authorize funding for domestic disaster response and aid to Ukraine, has already been rejected by Republicans in the House. The funding fight revolves around a small portion of the overall budget and does …

2 months ago·India

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Channel News Asia

Shutdown looms as US Senate, House advance separate spending plans

WASHINGTON: The Democratic-led US Senate forged ahead on Thursday (Sep 28) with a bipartisan stopgap funding bill aimed at averting a fourth partial government shutdown in a decade, while the House prepared to vote on partisan Republican spending bills with no chance of becoming law. The

2 months ago·Singapore

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The Hill

Senate Republicans demand major immigration reform in anti-shutdown bill

Senate Republicans say they want to add language to the government funding stopgap that would stop the Biden administration’s policy of releasing migrants after they’ve been detained for crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, but the idea is already running into Democratic opposition. A group of Senate Republicans are rallying behind Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) demand that…

2 months ago·Washington, United States

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Arab News

Shutdown looms as US Senate, House advance separate spending plans

WASHINGTON: The Democratic-led US Senate forged ahead on Thursday with a bipartisan stopgap funding bill aimed at averting a fourth partial government shutdown in a decade, while the House began voting on partisan Republican spending bills with no chance of becoming law. The divergent paths of the two chambers appeared to increase the odds that federal agencies will run out of

2 months ago·Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Malay Mail

Shutdown looms as US Senate, House advance separate spending plans

WASHINGTON, Sept 29 — The Democratic-led US Senate forged ahead yesterday with a bipartisan stopgap funding bill aimed at averting a fourth partial government shutdown in a decade, while the House began voting on partisan Republican spending bills with no chance of becoming law. The divergent paths of the two chambers increased the odds that federal agencies will run out of money on Sunday, furloughing hundreds of thousands of federal workers an…

2 months ago·Selangor, Malaysia

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npr

House Republicans try to refocus government shutdown on immigration

Government funding runs out at the end of the day on Saturday. House Republicans are trying to reframe the spending fight as a battle over the border, not a war within their own party.

2 months ago·Washington, United States

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