The Senate has voted to extend the debt ceiling until December, with a small group of Republicans joining Democrats in moving the bill forward to avoid a government default
The key moment came earlier in the evening, when 11 Republicans joined all 50 Democrats in a vote to break the 60-vote filibuster threshold and proceed to final passage of the measure, which cleared the Senate 50 to 48, with two Republicans absences.
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