Continuing Irresolution: Congress Faces Government Shutdown Deadline

Defense News:  WASHINGTON — Congress starts the week under pressure to avert a government shutdown after the Senate came close but failed to reach a deal on a stopgap spending bill last week.

Analysts expect Congress to conclude weeks-long negotiations before the end of fiscal 2016 on Friday, as there is no political benefit to shuttering the federal government just before an election, particularly for Senate Republican leaders whose hold on the majority is one of the election's major questions.

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