McConnell ‘open’ to bill stopping future shutdowns

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that he would consider a measure to end future government shutdowns by providing continuous funding even if Congress can not reach a spending deal.

“I’d be open to anything we can agree on, on a bipartisan basis, that would make them pretty hard to occur again,” McConnell, R-Ky., said.

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