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                                <title><![CDATA[ Speaker Kevin McCarthy ousted by US House Republicans in historic vote ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2023 00:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The House looks set to go leaderless for at least a week, as multiple Republicans say they plan to meet on Oct 10 to discuss possible successors. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ US House passes bipartisan bill to avoid govt shutdown ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2023 01:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Time remains short to avoid the federal government's fourth partial shutdown in a decade. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ US govt shutdown imminent as Republicans reject own funding bill ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sat, 30 Sep 2023 01:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The shutdown would be the fourth in a decade and just four months after a similar standoff brought the federal government within days of defaulting on its US$31 trillion debt. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Shutdown looms as US Senate, House advance separate spending plans ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 01:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The divergent paths of the two chambers appeared to increase the odds that federal agencies will run out of money on Sunday. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ US Senate bill to fund govt clears procedural hurdle as shutdown looms ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2023 01:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The cuts that hardliners are pushing for only account for a fraction of the total US budget, which will come to US$6.4 trillion for this fiscal year. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ US House to press forward with spending cuts despite shutdown risk ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2023 03:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Hundreds of thousands of federal workers will be furloughed and a wide range of services will be suspended if Congress does not provide funding for the new fiscal year that starts Oct 1. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Moody's warns US govt shutdown bad for country's credit ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2023 01:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ US government services would be disrupted and hundreds of thousands of federal workers furloughed without pay if Congress fails to provide funding for the fiscal year starting Oct 1. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Trump urges govt shutdown in unlikely bid to 'defund' his criminal prosecutions ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Republicans in the US House of Representatives are at odds over how to proceed with spending legislation, which must be passed to avert an Oct 1 shutdown. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Deal averting US default clears first hurdle ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2023 01:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Lawmakers have until Monday next week to green-light an agreement between Republicans and Democrats to allow more borrowing and ensure the country doesn't miss loan repayments. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ US Senate moves toward ending 'forever war' authorisations ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2023 02:24:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ This legislation would repeal two authorisations for past wars in Iraq. ]]></description>
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