House Democrats propose stopgap spending bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats controlling the House are proposing a government-wide temporary funding bill to prevent a federal shutdown at month’s end and to give the slow-moving Senate time to act on $1.4 trillion worth of spending bills that fill in the details on this summer’s bipartisan budget and debt deal.
Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey says the temporary funding bill would likely extend until “sometime in November.”
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