On Thursday, Senate Republicans joined with Democrats to pass a stopgap bill to fund the government through December, averting a government shutdown set to begin in the early hours of Friday morning. However, the bill fails to address the debt ceiling, which Republicans have said they will not vote to raise. On Monday, Republicans showed solidarity against a bill that would have raised the debt ceiling, voting to block debate on the bill 50–49. The legislation would have put forward billions in new spending for ongoing crises from the aftermath of Hurricane Ida and the thousands of Afghan special immigrants hastily evacuated from the country. More pressingly, it would have extended the government funding deadline to Dec. 3. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) insisted that Republicans supported these elements of the bill, but would not vote for any bill that increased the debt ceiling. Republicans Still Oppose Raising Debt Limit …