Senate Expected to Approve, Last-Minute Deal to Avoid, Government Shutdown.<br />On September 30, the Senate is scheduled <br />to vote on a deal reached late the night before <br />that would avoid a government shutdown. .<br />On September 30, the Senate is scheduled <br />to vote on a deal reached late the night before <br />that would avoid a government shutdown. .<br />ABC News reports that the deal was reached <br />with just hours left, averting a potential crisis. .<br />Senators are reportedly expected to approve <br />a temporary funding bill that would <br />delay a shutdown until December 3.<br />The last thing the apparent American people need is for the government to grind to a halt, Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, via statement.<br />According to ABC News, the temporary measure does not include raising the nation's debt ceiling.<br />What Republicans laid out all along was a clean continuing resolution without the poison pill of a debt limit increase. That's exactly what we'll pass today, Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader, via ABC News.<br />What Republicans laid out all along was a clean continuing resolution without the poison pill of a debt limit increase. That's exactly what we'll pass today, Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader, via ABC News.<br />ABC News reports that Schumer said Republicans, "should realize that a default on <br />the national debt would be even worse.".<br />If approved by the Senate, the temporary measure will return to the House, where it is expected to be passed before it ends up on President Joe Biden's desk. .<br />If approved by the Senate, the temporary measure will return to the House, where it is expected to be passed before it ends up on President Joe Biden's desk. .<br />ABC News points out that with little time remaining before the deadline, it remains possible that the government will briefly shut down before the measure takes effect.
