Congressional Democrats, who are already struggling to agree on their signature Build Back Better spending plan, face the even more immediate task of averting a government shutdown and default.
 
The House Rules Committee meets Monday to prepare for floor debate a continuing resolution that is needed to keep the government funded after the new fiscal year starts Oct. 1.
 
Along with the CR, the House will also move a provision to increase the federal debt ceiling, even as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., continues to insist that Senate Republicans won’t support the debt measure.
 
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