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Republican Senator Mitch McConnell said that their win was a vote against 'a government that people can no longer trust'.
A government sponsored bill that aimed to legalise the growing, selling, and smoking of marijuana was approved by 16-13 votes in the Senate.
House of Representatives proposal to reopen the federal government and to extend the debt limit was rejected by democrats.
The House and Senate Committees worked this week to reduce the size of the federal food stamp programme.
