Congressional Democrats rolled out their own short-term funding patch to keep the government running beyond Friday's shutdown deadline, as House Republicans barrel forward with a Trump-endorsed plan in the face of staunch opposition from the other side of the aisle.

The bill would keep the government funded through April, a sharp contrast to the roughly six-month stopgap being pushed by Republicans and President Trump.

“There is a very clear alternative to House Republicans’ plan: immediately passing a short-term patch to prevent a senseless shutdown and finishing work on serious, bipartisan........

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