Senate Rejects GOP Proposal to Prevent Future Shutdowns with Automatic Stopgap Funding
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Senate voted down GOP amendment to prevent future shutdowns by creating permanent stopgap funding.
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Amendment would require lawmakers to strike funding deals without shutdown threat and work on nothing else until a deal.
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Government would continue at previous funding levels like a continuing resolution.
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Amendment sponsor said it would force lawmakers to stay and work rather than shut down government.
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Democrats argued amendment would make funding process harder and allow obstruction.
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