US Senate, House Working on Funding, Debt Bills

Leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate are negotiating plans to reopen the government and prevent a default on American debt that could have harmful effects on the global economy. Republican lawmakers say the House plans to vote on a bill Tuesday that would reopen the government and avoid a financial default, But the White House and House Democratic leaders immediately rejected that plan. The bill, and another proposed in the Senate, would fund the government for three months ...

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