Dems Reportedly Mulling Ploy to Defuse Debt Ceiling Stand-off with GOP to Avert Gov't Shutdown

With the 2021 fiscal year drawing to a close at the end of September, the White House earlier proposed a stopgap measure to fund the government to avoid the shut-down of federal government as lawmakers tussle over a $1 trillion infrastructure bill and a Democrat-backed $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package.