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House passes stopgap spending bill to avoid shutdown

5 outlets covered the same story. Here's how their headlines landed on the −5 (Far Left) to +5 (Far Right) spectrum — a 1.5-point gap between the most-left and most-right framing.

• -1.0
  NPR · Left

  House votes to extend government funding, aiming to avoid an election year shutdown
• -1.0
  The Guardian · Left

  House passes spending bill to head off government shutdown before midterms
• -0.5
  NY Times · Center

  House Narrowly Passes Stopgap Spending Bill, but Shutdown Fight Looms
• +0.5
  Washington Examiner · Center

  House jams through funding patch to avert shutdown through December
• +0.5
  The Hill · Center

  GOP seeks to avoid, for once, the shutdown trap

Scores are AI estimates of headline language, not factual ratings. Each headline is scored 0 (neutral) outward to Far Left / Far Right by Claude and Grok.