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Thursday Jan 18, 2018
Daniel Lippman, Possible Government Shutdown
Thursday Jan 18, 2018
Thursday Jan 18, 2018
Daniel Lippman, POLITICO Playbook reporter.
GOV’T SHUTDOWN possibility, Will Congress be able to pass a short-term stopgap spending bill this week? Will House GOP defense hawks and conservatives give the leadership another month of negotiating? Will Senate Democrats allow a short-term spending bill to pass without an immigration deal? Aides to House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas) and House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) are continuing to talk and are likely to meet this afternoon to continue to try to work out an immigration deal. BASED ON WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT CONGRESS, there is a zero percent chance that a deal can be reached at this point and passed this week. RULE OF THUMB: Congress typically needs three or so days to review a big legislative package.
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