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Congress says it wants to avoid a shutdown. But the House and Senate are moving even further apart.

By LISA MASCARO and STEPHEN GROVES, LISA MASCARO and STEPHEN GROVES, Associated Press
Published: September 27, 2023, 8:42am

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congress is starkly divided over very different paths to preventing a federal shutdown — the Senate charging ahead with a bipartisan package to temporarily fund the government but the House slogging through a longshot effort with no real chance of finishing by Saturday’s deadline.

With days remaining before a federal closure, the stakes are rising with no resolution at hand.

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