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The Senate is expected to vote Friday afternoon on a short-term spending measure that would keep the government running through early next year and would include $5 billion that President Trump wants to build a wall along the nation’s southern border. Amid a series of shutdown-related tweets Friday morning, Trump urged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to adopt the “nuclear option” – basically eliminating the filibuster rule and enabling the budget plan to pass with a simple majority. As it stands now, Republicans need 60 votes to overcome a Democratic filibuster. |
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