McConnell Offers Bill to Avert Shutdown as Democrats Resist
- Votes likely next week, with Democrats yet to agree to deal
- Democrats demand money to address lead-tainted water in Flint
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks at the Capitol on Sept. 20, 2016, in Washington.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced a stopgap spending bill Thursday to fund the U.S. government after Sept. 30, but a top Democrat said her party wasn’t ready to support it.
McConnell described the bill as a "clean" measure that would continue spending at current levels, but provide additional funding to combat the Zika virus and address flooding damage in Louisiana, West Virginia and Maryland. But he omitted money demanded by Democrats to address lead-tainted water problems in Flint, Michigan.