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Senate leader Schumer moves to avert shutdown after House speaker’s ‘flop’

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The Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer , took a procedural step toward setting up a vote next week on a government funding extension as the House scrambles to avert a shutdown starting on 1 October .

The Republican -led House rejected a proposal by the speaker, Mike Johnson , that would have linked a six-month stopgap funding measure with a controversial measure backed by conservatives mandating that states require proof of citizenship to register to vote.

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