Senate appropriators reach funding deal to avoid shutdown

Senators on the Appropriations Committee have agreed to a funding bill that would prevent a government shutdown at the end of September. The bill would fund the government through part of December, specifically until December 11, according to the Associated Press.

An initial procedural vote on the bill is scheduled for Monday night, with Senate leaders aiming to pass it before going on recess. The Senate is likely to vote on the measure before leaving Washington for its traditional August recess.

The bill generally funds the federal government at current levels. The House has passed a similar measure, but it did not include various exceptions sought by the White House. Senators have been negotiating which of those exceptions to include, with one exception not making the cut being the administration's request to include $1 billion to build "Trump-class" battleships, as noted by Democrats.

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