McConnell Folds. Says Government Funding Deal will be Passed to Avoid Shutdown – “Without the Poison Pill of a Debt Limit Increase” (VIDEO)

  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Thursday morning said the Senate will pass a stopgap funding bill to avoid a shutdown. Th...

 

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Thursday morning said the Senate will pass a stopgap funding bill to avoid a shutdown.

The Senate Republicans have blocked Schumer’s attempt to raise the debt ceiling twice in one week.

Government funding expires at 11:59:59 pm et Thursday.

Speaking from the senate floor, McConnell said the stopgap bill will be passed “without the poison pill of a debt limit increase.”

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Update: The Senate voted 65-35 to pass a stopgap bill to avert a shutdown.

The stopgap bill funds the government until December 3 and does not raise the debt ceiling.