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BREAKING: Senate leaders announce deal to avert default, open government
Crisis Averted? Senate Reaches Last-Minute Debt Limit Deal
We have a deal.Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) have shook hands on an agreement to avert a debt default — just 12 hours before the deadline — and re-open the shuttered federal government.House Republican leaders are expected to bring up the bill for a vote.The government will be funded through Jan. 15 at current spending levels of $986.3 billion, established by the across-the-board cuts known …