By Rosalind S. Helderman and Paul Kane
With time running out, Congress returns Monday to try to pass a short-term funding measure to avert a government shutdown and avoid yet another market-rattling showdown over the federal budget.
The Democratic-led Senate, which on Friday blocked a GOP House measure to fund the government through Nov. 18, will vote late Monday on its own version of the bill.
The Senate bill includes dollars for disaster relief without an offsetting spending cut elsewhere that the House GOP demands.
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Bloomberg (27 Sep 11)