Congress likely to punt government shutdown deadlines again, sources say
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House and Senate leaders are increasingly likely to put another short-term federal spending extension through Congress with government shutdown deadlines looming.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
A CR would give lawmakers more time to put together a spending deal for the next fiscal year without risking potentially furloughing thousands of government employees and pausing critical federal programs in the meantime. That deal is still being negotiated by Congressional leaders and appropriators. Follow on Twitter at @liz_elkind and send tips to elizabeth.elkind@fox.com
"Our speaker is doing his best, but I do think he has stopped saying, ‘This will be the last CR,’ because he sees that the Senate is almost impossible to negotiate with, with a deadline," one GOP lawmaker told Fox News Digital. "We really do need them to just stop assuming they can kick the can each and every time down the road, when all that does is build pressure on our side, on the House side with Republicans."
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