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Stopgap funding faces uncertainty in Senate

CQ Budget, Ep. 215

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., hold a news conference Thursday in the Capitol Visitor Center to announce a “framework” for Biden’s economic plan.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., hold a news conference Thursday in the Capitol Visitor Center to announce a “framework” for Biden’s economic plan. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

The House passed a bill that would fund the government through Dec. 3, but it still needs to clear the evenly divided Senate. CQ Roll Call’s Jennifer Shutt and David Lerman break down the bill’s path in the Senate, if Democrats will end up addressing the debt limit through the reconciliation process and more.

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