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Senate leaders inched toward votes to end the shutdown as negotiators huddled again Thursday, eyeing a plan to pair a short-term stopgap with a bipartisan funding package and a set date for a vote on extending enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies. But key rifts remain over the subsidies and how long the next stopgap should last, with Speaker Mike Johnson pushing January and Senate Republicans preferring a before Christmas deadline. Democrats, buoyed by recent election results, are wary of a separate health care vote. With airport staffing strains mounting, talks continued, timing of votes still uncertain.

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