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Senate struggles to wrap up $1.2 trillion funding package as partial shutdown deadline nears
The Senate has bogged down on a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills, increasing the prospects that funding for some key federal agencies will lapse and initiate a partial government shutdown beginning at 12:01 a.m. Saturday