Senate to vote on House funding bill as government shutdown looms
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The Senate is set to vote again today on a House government funding bill, in a last-ditch effort to avoid a government shutdown at midnight. Talks have stalled - despite President Trump and top White House officials meeting with Congressional leaders yesterday at the White House. Democrats are demanding health care protections are included in the deal, but Republicans say time's up.
CBS News' Tina Kraus has more from New York
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A partisan standoff over health care and spending is threatening to trigger the first U.S. government shutdown in almost seven years.
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