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Al Jazeera Staff

US Senate announces stopgap measure to avert impending government shutdown

US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy talks to reporters in the Capitol on September 26, as a government shutdown looms [Leah Millis/Reuters]

Leaders in the United States Senate have agreed to a stopgap measure designed to prevent an imminent government shutdown over budget legislation.

The deal, hashed out between Republicans and Democrats, would keep the government open for six additional weeks. It would also earmark approximately $6bn in short-term funding for Ukraine as it fends off a Russian invasion.

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