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Congress takes midterm shutdown fight off the table

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Members of both parties came together Tuesday as the House easily approved a short-term funding measure to keep the government open into December and rule out the possibility of a shutdown battle with the midterms fast approaching. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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