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Senators consider stopgap bill to avert shutdown

Sens. Chris Coons (D-DE) (center) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) (right) leave a meeting of Democratic Senators discussing the stopgap bill passed by the House of Representatives earlier in the day. The bill would fund the government for 45 days, averting a shutdown that would begin at midnight October 1. (Photo by Allison Bailey/NurPhoto)

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Photo ID: #10576256
Date taken: 30 September 2023
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Photographer: Allison Bailey/NurPhoto
Category: Politics

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