The Senate is poised to remain for a weekend session to resolve a dispute over how long to extend health care for retired coal miners and their widows.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., moved Thursday afternoon to advance a short-term spending bill to keep the government up and running. The dispute could keep the Senate in until next week and threatens a government shutdown.

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