U.S. Senate Republican leader: "We are not going to shut the government down"

U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday Republicans would not block a stop-gap government funding bill, adding that shutting down the government over opposition to COVID-19 vaccine mandates makes no sense.

"We are not going to shut the government down," McConnell told Fox News Channel.

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