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Congressional Democrats are drafting an alternative stopgap bill after publicly opposing the bill House Republicans unveiled on Tuesday to avoid a government shutdown.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said their respective chambers would not support the Republican bill unless the two parties could compromise on health care spending.

The Democrats' rejection of the Republican stopgap bill appears to be a rejection of President Donald Trump's way of governing.

WASHINGTON - On Tuesday, top Congressional Democrats said they opposed House Republicans' stopgap spending bill that would fund the government past the Sept. 30 deadline, and said they plan to offer an alternative bill in its place.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schume

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