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Tentative deal would punt funding fight to January, while handing Democrats a clear victory

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Lawmakers in the Senate cut a deal Sunday evening to end a federal government shutdown, but the path ahead remained unclear given the lack of involvement of either the White House or Republican leadership in the House of Representatives.