The Senate approves by unanimous consent a bill to re-open the government for three weeks while negotiations continue on border security funding. The Senate also appointed Senators Shebly, Capito, Hoeven, Blunt, Leahy, Durbin, and Tester–who all serve on the Appropriations Committee–as conferees to negotiate a resolution to border security funding legislation. (C-span)

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