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Congress just passed a last-minute funding bill to avoid a government shutdown before the elections, wrapping up negotiations two months ahead of schedule with a 90-6 vote showing strong bipartisan support. While agencies stay funded at current levels, key wins for Democrats include blocking border patrol funding reroutes and killing a $1 billion battleship proposal deemed a presidential vanity project. Tensions flared over a one-month delay in banning certain hemp products, with Republicans citing rising ER visits among minors and hemp advocates pushing for more time to craft protective regulations. A separate effort to block new federal grant rules also sparked debate, with Democrats seeing it as a way to funnel money toward the President’s agenda — though a Republican senator acknowledged it’s drawing significant pushback.

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