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The Senate still hasn’t voted on a short-term spending bill — it has until midnight to avert a government shutdown

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

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The Senate was running out of time to pass a short-term spending bill ahead of a midnight deadline on Friday. Failure to pass the legislation would cause a government shutdown.

But it was expected to pass a one-week “continuing resolution” later on Friday, which would fund the government at existing levels until December 18. It was delayed on Thursday because Republican Sen. Rand Paul objected to a defense spending-related measure in a separate piece of legislation, delaying passage of the one-week funding measure.

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