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- The government will shut down at 12:01 a.m. if Congress does not pass a funding bill.
- Senate leaders have agreed to a sweeping budget deal, but Sen. Rand Paul has held up a vote.
- It also remains unclear whether the bill has enough votes to pass the House, as members of both parties have expressed concerns about it.
Congress scrambled on Thursday — hours before the government is set to enter a partial shutdown — as leaders looked to spearhead a massive two-year budget deal through both chambers.
The deal would extend the current level of federal funding until March 23, allowing congressional appropriators time to craft the details of a longer-term plan. It would also bump limits on defense and nondefense spending by just under $ 300 billion combined over the next two years.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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- The next government-shutdown deadline looms in 3 days — here’s the GOP’s plan to avoid it
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