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It's Thursday, November 16th, 2023.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your Washington headlines of the day. Number one,

the Senate passes government funding. Number two, Speaker Mike Johnson works to build his fundraising list.

And number three, Dems plot their next move on Senator Tommy Tupperville's military promotions hold.

All right, let's get into it. It was a late night in the Capitol with the Senate clearing the House-passed stopgap funding bill, averting

a potential government shutdown even after last-minute GOPO objections forced a frantic round of

negotiations over the annual defense authorization bill.

The final vote, a blowout 87-211.

That came after several hours of closed-door talks over Senator Roger Wickers' ultimately successful effort to force lawmakers into a formal House Senate conference on the National

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