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Bipartisan Senate, Divided House Locked in Standoff Over Government Funding Bills as Shutdown Risk Looms

  • The Senate has taken a bipartisan approach to passing government funding bills, but the House is deeply divided along party lines.

  • House Republicans are trying to appeal to the far-right wing by adding partisan policies, causing Democrats to withdraw support.

  • The differing approaches between the Senate and House make it difficult to bridge the gap before current funding expires at the end of September.

  • House Speaker McCarthy committed to regular order but has struggled to get full Republican support due to demands from the Freedom Caucus.

  • The inability of the House to pass funding bills raises the risk of a damaging government shutdown in the coming weeks.

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