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The House voted Wednesday to advance a resolution honoring slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, clearing the way for floor debate later this week.

Lawmakers voted in favor of advancing the measure and a bill to avert a government shutdown in a joint mechanism known as a “rule vote.”

Rule votes are procedural hurdles that commonly tie together unrelated pieces of legislation that, if adopted, allows House lawmakers to debate each measure individually before respective votes.

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The current rule’s adoption means House lawmakers could vote on the resolution to honor Kirk on either Thursday or Friday.

A vote on the measure to avert a government s

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