US Senate to move on stopgap bill to avert partial government shutdown

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate will prepare temporary spending legislation that would avert a partial government shutdown at the end of the month, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday. "Time is not a luxury that Congress has right now," Schumer said on the Senate floor. Congress must pass spending legislation before the start of the new fiscal year on Oct. 1 to avoid furloughing thousands of federal workers and shutting down a wide swath of government operations weeks b