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Hours after the House approved legislation on largely partisan lines that funds federal

agencies through most of November, the Senate failed to advance the bill.

MPIRS-Deirdre-Walsh reports prospects of a government shutdown are increasing.

The Senate failed to get the 60 votes needed to advance a stopgap funding bill.

Two Republicans and all but one Democrat opposed the bill the House had just approved.

An alternative Democratic proposal also failed.

House Speaker Mike Johnson says the Democrats pushed to add an extension of

health care subsidies to the package was a non-starter and says they should be blamed if the government

shuts down. If they choose to vote against this clean, completely nonpartisan CR, then they will

be choosing to shut the government down and they will owe the consequences

of what happens following that.

Both the House and Senate are scheduled to be on recess next week.

Unless the two chambers agree on a funding deal, a shutdown could start on October 1st.

Deirdre Walsh, NPR News, the Capitol.

President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke by phone today.

A call Trump says was very productive, yielding progress on a number of issues,

including the fate of video sharing app, TikTok.

I had a great call with President Xi, and as you know, he approved the TikTok deal,

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