US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced plans to progress a bill aimed at preventing a government shutdown due to a lack of progress in the House. The bill would keep the government funded through December 3 and suspend the debt ceiling until December 2022. Schumer also plans to include an emergency disaster relief package and Afghan resettlement costs in the bill. The move comes amid a stalemate in the House over the bipartisan infrastructure bill and $3.5 trillion budget resolution.
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