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WASHINGTON — Rising GOP pushback against a short-term stopgap funding bill into December that would pave the way for a lame-duck omnibus package is at minimum a political headache for party leaders, and at worst points to market-rattling brinkmanship around fiscal deadlines next year.

WASHINGTON — If Republicans flounder in their effort to recapture the U.S. Senate less than two months from now, an inevitable blame game will commence over who’s most responsible for their midterm belly flop.

GOP pushback against a stopgap funding bill is a political headache for party leaders, and could point to fiscal brinkmanship next year.

Two of the highest-profile Republicans in the Senate are publicly defying McConnell on high-stakes issues.

Democrats appear to have gotten the Republican challengers they wanted in two competitive New Hampshire races on Tuesday, while the Republican winner of a third race was opposed by GOP super PACs.

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Senate leaders appear to be on board with an interim spending measure that will keep the government operating until Dec. 16, which is also the preferred expiration date for House Democrats as they prep a continuing resolution for a vote as soon as next week.

Navigating the evenly divided Senate to get 60 votes to advance the bill will likely require talks on pandemic funding and other issues.

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WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell is used to getting trashed by Donald Trump.