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Article snippet: House Republicans are moving to pair a full year of defense spending with a short-term measure to avoid a government shutdown on Friday, effectively daring Democrats in the Senate to block it. Democrats have demanded that any increase in defense spending be matched with increases to nondefense spending. They also want to reach an immigration deal before they agree to a broader deal on lifting the budget spending caps. But House GOP leadership's decision puts Senate Democrats in an unenviable position.Following last month's government shutdown, House Republicans are betting that Minority Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) and his fellow Democrats in the Senate won't have the nerve to force another closure by blocking the bill.Senate Republicans need at least nine Democratic votes to beat back a Democratic-led filibuster.Schumer declared the House GOP measure dead on arrival in a floor speech."Sending a cromnibus to the Senate, one that just funded defense and cut programs crucial to the middle class, would be barreling head-first into a dead-end," Schumer said, referring to a cross between an omnibus spending bill and short-term continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government open.Speaker Monday night, GOP sources told The Hill. Rep. MORE (La.), the Republican whip, said the House will vote on the package on Tuesday. “[We'll] attach the [Defense Department] appropriations bill, as well as community health center funding, to the CR and send it over to the Senate tom... Link to the full article to read more