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Bill to avert government shutdown stalls in Senate
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A Republican measure to keep the government funded past Oct. 1 stalled in the Senate after clearing the House on Friday.
The Democrats are choosing a tricky path that will require discipline and focus if they are to prevail in winning the concessions they are demanding while convincing the public that Democrats are doing the right thing and holding the high ground.
The Pennsylvania Democrat voted for both the Democratic and Republican plans to avoid the impending government shutdown slated for just after midnight on Oct. 1.
Senate Democrats on Friday voted to block a Republican stopgap spending measure that would keep the government open through late November, setting up a perilous showdown with just days before federal funding lapses and no clear path to prevent a partial shutdown.
Democratic leaders rejected the bill, insisting the GOP must negotiate on health care and other priorities, setting up a Senate clash.
House Republicans are pushing a bill funding government agencies through November 21, but Democrats say without a plan to renew expiring health care subsidies they will oppose it.
The shutdown affecting car giant Jaguar Land Rover following a cyber attack should come as a "wake up call" for other companies, a business professor said.
The intervention marked Trump's first use of so-called "golden share" rights, a condition of the $14.1 billion takeover cleared in June.
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