Senate sets Friday votes on dueling funding bills

Politico.com - For more and to sign up click here Senators will vote Friday on competing plans to temporarily fund the government past the end of the month as a partisan standoff ratchets up the chances for a shutdown. Senate leaders finalized the plan, first reported by POLITICO, for side-by-side votes on Republican and Democratic stopgaps after Republicans huddled behind closed doors for a second time Thursday…