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01/22/2018

Schumer Announces Deal to Reopen Government

The deal will keep the government funded for another three weeks

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced Monday that he and Senate GOP leaders have reached a deal to reopen the government, and the chamber is on track to pass a plan to keep the government funded for three weeks.

"We will vote today to reopen the government," Schumer said on the Senate floor, saying he and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had reached an "arrangement."
 
The movement comes thanks in part to commitments from McConnell and other Republicans in bipartisan meetings, according to four Democratic sources. Those sources say at least three Democratic senators who were no's before now plan to vote yes.
 
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