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Senate passes stopgap funding bill, avoiding shutdown
The Associated Press ^ | December 2, 2021 | By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO

Posted on 12/02/2021 6:59:13 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed a stopgap spending bill Thursday that avoids a short-term shutdown and funds the federal government through Feb. 18 after leaders defused a partisan standoff over federal vaccine mandates. The measure now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law.

“I am glad that in the end, cooler heads prevailed. The government will stay open and I thank the members of this chamber for walking us back from the brink of an avoidable, needless and costly shutdown,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.

The Senate approved the measure by a vote of 69-28.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: debt; deficit; failure; gope; inflation; mcconnell; spending
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To: bert

It’s not possible to have a Republican Party that doesn’t support the Marxist agenda? If that’s the case then RIP USA. We had a good run for near 250 years, though.


61 posted on 12/03/2021 8:15:17 AM PST by lodi90
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To: ncalburt

Remember, Mumbai Mike stands with the American worker every time:

https://twitter.com/senmikelee/status/1466539907372003331


62 posted on 12/03/2021 2:01:19 PM PST by bobcat62
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
If BBB is going to cost zero dollars. Why does the debt limit need to be extended?
63 posted on 12/03/2021 2:56:02 PM PST by dearolddad
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To: Sonshinegirl

They get their paychecks no matter what.

Hey man, they work for the feral government. Expect them not to get their cream. /s


64 posted on 12/04/2021 4:18:54 AM PST by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT)
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To: Truth29

Wow. Who would expected Cornyman to be on this list. /s


65 posted on 12/04/2021 4:24:40 AM PST by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT)
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To: dearolddad
If BBB is going to cost zero dollars. Why does the debt limit need to be extended?

Because the government has been running a deficit on everything else for decades.

66 posted on 12/04/2021 4:25:00 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: The MAGA-Deplorian

Elections will not fix what is broken in America.


67 posted on 12/04/2021 4:27:15 AM PST by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT)
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To: lodi90

You are spewing hyperbole and seeing marxist dragons that don’t really exist


68 posted on 12/04/2021 7:15:39 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Free Republic has gone to hell is a Covid handbasket)
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