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Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, left, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., arrive to vote on an appropriations bill that funds the government through Feb. 18 and avoids a short-term shutdown after midnight Friday, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 2. A quick passage of the measure in the Senate has been in doubt because of a fight over President Joe Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandates.