I'm Virginia Allen. I'm Samantha Sheris and this is the Daily Settle Top News for Friday September 29. Here are today's headlines.

California Democratic Senator Diane Feinstein has died. She was 90.

Our colleague Jarrett Stettman reports that hospitalization for shingles and other health problems led to her prolonged absence from the Senate in early 2023 and an inconsistent voting record when she returned in May.

California's longest serving senator announced that she planned to retire at the end of her term in 2024.

Feinstein's office issued a statement this morning saying sadly Senator Feinstein passed away last night at her home in Washington DC.

Her passing is a great loss for so many from those who loved and cared for her to the people of California that she dedicated her life to serving.

The statement also said Senator Feinstein never backed away from a fight for what was just and right. At the same time she was always willing to work with anyone, even though she disagreed with if it meant bettering the lives of Californians or the betterment of her nation.

President Joe Biden said in a statement today that Senator Diane Feinstein was a pioneering American, a true trailblazer, and for Jill and me a cherished friend.

In San Francisco she showed enormous poise and courage in the wake of tragedy, became a powerful voice for American values.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Republican from Kentucky said on X formerly known as Twitter that Senator Diane Feinstein was a true friend in historic trailblazer and an impactful advocate throughout her life in public service.

The Senate is keeping her loving family and loyal staff in our prayers.

As we head into the weekend, it appears that the government will be shutting down Fox News' Chad program posted on X that the House voted on an interim 30-day spending bill to avoid a shutdown and bolstered the border.

However, the vote failed to 32 to 198.

Among the 21 Republicans who voted against the bill were reps Andy Biggs and Eli Crane of Arizona, Matt Gaetz of Florida, Nancy Mace of South Carolina, Matt Rosendale of Montana, and Keith Self of Texas.

The Associated Press reports that the bill's failure ahead of tomorrow's deadline leaves few options left to prevent a shutdown that will furlough federal workers, keep the military working without pay, and disrupt programs and services for millions of Americans.

According to reporting from ABC News, the White House estimates that 3.5 million federal workers will have to go without pay if the government shuts down, and that roughly 2 million of them will be military.

Debate over the House's border bill HR2 has been front and center during conversations about spending.

Let's take a listen to some of Texas Republican representative Chip Royce comments from Thursday night on the House floor via his ex account.

If we do our job, and we do our job tonight, hopefully the House will have moved legislation that will fund upwards of 73% of government.

That's a good thing, and we can move forward with figuring out how to get the rest of our work done, and we can have a debate.

But if there is any kind of a shutdown, I want my constituents and the rest of the American people to understand that it is because the President of the United States and the Senate Majority Leader, a Democrat, are choosing to shut down government rather than shut down an open border that is damaging the United States undermining our security, endangering our citizens, endangering migrants, empowering cartels, empowering China, rather than doing our job.

David Ditch, a budget and transportation associate in the Grover M. Herman Center for the Federal Budget at the Heritage Foundation, wrote in a Fox News op-ed today that even if there is a funding lapse, federal activities and employees deemed essential will continue to draw from the national treasury.

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