Senate paves way to advance short-term spending bill ahead of looming shutdown
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The Senate voted on a bipartisan continuing resolution proposed by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Johnson to avoid a government shutdown this week.
Jamie Joseph is a writer who covers politics. She leads Fox News Digital coverage of the Senate.
Before the vote Tuesday evening, Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said passing the CR "will avert a harmful and unnecessary government shutdown."
"Second, passing the CR will give our appropriators time to finish drafting all 12 bills to reflect our bipartisan agreement," Schumer said. "We want to move forward as quickly as we can to turn this topline number into legislation. But everyone knows we need more time."
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