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Jimmy Fallon poked fun at the rising tension over a possible U.S. government shutdown, quipping that “America could use a break” as the deadline looms.
With Congress gridlocked over a spending bill, Fallon joked that we could all use some time off from the never ending stream of news.
A government shutdown would happen because the two parties can't agree on a plan to keep funding services past October.
Republicans hold the majority in both chambers of Congress, but in the Senate, they still don’t have the 60 votes needed to get a spending bill through.
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