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Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Senate leaders on Wednesday were hoping to take up the short-term government funding bill the House passed Tuesday night -- saying they'll work to get the bill over the finish line as soon as possible ahead of Friday's shutdown deadline. Speaker Mike Johnson pitched a two-step plan that he described as a "laddered CR" -- or continuing resolution -- that will keep the government funded at 2023 levels. The bill extends government funding until Jan. 19 for the Veterans Affairs, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Energy departments...

Senate leaders voted Wednesday night in favor of the short-term government funding bill ahead of Friday's shutdown deadline.

WASHINGTON — A stopgap spending measure that will keep the government operating into early 2024 is on its way to President Joe Biden’s desk, as lawmakers prepare for the serious

Senate leaders voted Wednesday night in favor of the short-term government funding bill averting a shutdown.

Schumer says he expects to expedite the bill with Mitch McConnell's help.