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                      Senate Butdget Vote Expected Friday

   The U.S. Senate is expected to vote Friday on a measure aimed at
   preventing a government shutdown, after days of wrangling over U.S.
   President Barack Obama`s health care law, which congressional
   Republicans are aiming to derail.
   If Senators pass the bill to prevent a shutdown on Friday, the
   legislation will then go back to the House of Representatives, where it
   must be approved in the next few days to avert a shutdown.
   On Thursday, President Obama ridiculed the Republicans who continue to
   oppose his health care law. He accused the Republican opposition of
   trying to blackmail him into repealing or defunding the Affordable Care
   Act by threatening a partial government shutdown starting October 1.
   The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, John Boehner,
   said it is unlikely the Republican-controlled House will pass a
   temporary spending bill that will fund the government beyond Tuesday.
   If no agreement is reached by October 17, the U.S. could default on its
   debts for the first time ever.
   The House is expected to approve a measure later this week that would
   allow the Treasury Department to increase its borrowing authority to
   pay the government`s debts, while imposing a one-year delay on the
   Affordable Care Act, which expands health care coverage to millions of
   currently uninsured Americans.
   The temporary spending bill would fund the government, including the
   new health care law, until mid-November. But a vote will probably not
   occur until Friday, which would give House lawmakers little time to
   consider it before current funding levels run out on Monday at
   midnight.
   Republican leaders fear a partial shutdown of the federal government
   would hurt the party`s standing heading into next year`s congressional
   elections. A government shutdown in the mid-1990s, when Republicans
   controlled both houses of Congress, was followed by the re-election of
   then-President Bill Clinton in 1996.
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