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January 23, 2019 at 8:33PM
The dome of the U.S. Capitol at sunset in Washington, Jan. 22, 2019. Senate Republicans and Democrats on Tuesday offered the first glimmers of a potential resolution to the five-week partial government shutdown, scheduling procedural votes Thursday on President Donald Trump’s proposal to spend $5.7 billion on a border wall and a competing bill that would fund the government through Feb. 8. (Sarah Silbiger/The New York Times)
The dome of the U.S. Capitol at sunset in Washington, Jan. 22, 2019. Senate Republicans and Democrats on Tuesday offered the first glimmers of a potential resolution to the five-week partial government shutdown, scheduling procedural votes Thursday on President Donald Trump’s proposal to spend $5.7 billion on a border wall and a competing bill that would fund the government through Feb. 8. (Sarah Silbiger/The New York Times) (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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