Party unity largely prevailed in both chambers of Congress Friday on competing spending plans, leaving lawmakers without a clear path for averting a government shutdown on Oct. 1.
House Republicans first passed a plan to fund the government at current levels through Nov. 21. But the Senate failed to back the proposal or an alternate Democrat plan that would have pared the extension of spending with healthcare tax subsidies.
Although vulnerable swing-state House Democrats showed some concern about being blamed for a potential federal shutdown, just one House Democrat, Rep.