Senate Seeks to Break Funding Logjam with Short-Term Spending Bill

Schumer filed cloture on FAA bill to allow Senate to move first on stopgap funding, avoiding House stalemate.
Senate plans to use FAA bill as vehicle for clean CR funding government for a few weeks.
Senate aims to pass bill next week and send to House by Wed/Thu.
House members left Washington but told to be on call to quickly return and vote.
Senate will vote Tuesday evening on motion to proceed to CR vehicle after Yom Kippur recess.

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