House and Senate on different paths as US budget deadline looms

House and Senate on different paths as US budget deadline looms
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy talks to reporters after voting to advance appropriations bills on the House floor (J Scott Applewhite/AP)

The US Congress remains divided as a deadline for preventing a government shutdown draws near.

While the Senate is pushing through a bipartisan package to temporarily fund the government, members of the House are working on an alternative which has little chance of completion ahead of Saturday’s deadline.

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