Leila Faldin

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NPR congressional correspondent Claudia Grisadas has been following this and joins us now.

Good morning, Claudia.

Okay, so this same package passed with significant bipartisan support last week in the House, but then we saw the killing of Alex Preddy over the weekend in Minneapolis by federal agents.

So how did that change what we expect to happen in the Senate?

And it takes months to negotiate these bipartisan funding packages.

So is it even possible for them to pass those kinds of changes at this point?

Are there any other ways they could come to a solution without the risk of this partial shutdown?

Thank you so much.