Senate GOP close to cutting deal to avoid shutdown

MAP Verified Summary — reported by The Hill

Senate Republicans are close to cutting a deal with their Democratic counterparts to avoid a government shutdown and rein in a proposed rule from the White House budget office that would give Trump appointees more power to withhold congressional appropriations, according to senators familiar with the negotiations. GOP lawmakers are desperate to avoid another shutdown…

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