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Democrats, GOP barrel toward government shutdown

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., criticizes Republicans as he speaks to reporters after a weekly policy meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021. Democratic congressional leaders, backed by the White House, have announced they will push ahead with a vote to fund the government and suspend the debt limit, all but daring Republicans to quit opposing the package or risk a fiscal crisis. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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In this May 6, 2021, file photo, Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2020 general election are examined and recounted by contractors working for Florida-based company, Cyber Ninjas at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix. Cyber Ninjas, the inexperienced contractor hired to run a partisan review of the 2020 election on behalf of Republicans in the Arizona Senate, is scheduled to present its findings to top GOP lawmakers on Friday, Sept. 24, 2021. Election experts say the review, funded almost entirely by supporters of former President Donald Trump who have promoted false claims of fraud, was beset by problems and incompetence. (AP Photo/Matt York, Pool, File)

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