Senate Bid to Fund Government Must Get Through Warren, Cruz
It leaves prospects for quickly clearing the measure on Friday uncertain.
Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, center, talks to an aide during a Senate Banking Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, July 8, 2014.
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The Senate is poised to take up a $1.1 trillion U.S. government spending bill opposed by two senators who agree on almost nothing -- Democrat Elizabeth Warren and Republican Ted Cruz.
Timing for a Senate vote is uncertain. The House today extended government funding through Dec. 17, giving the Senate until then to act without risking a shutdown.