GOP rebels admit defeat in short-term spending fight as Johnson sticks by bipartisan deal
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A government shutdown is increasingly likely to be avoided at the end of this week with House and Senate leaders moving on a bipartisan deal to extend federal funding into early March.
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The issue of federal spending has driven a wedge between different House GOP factions, with conservatives staging several protest votes and even booting former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., from leadership for passing a CR to avoid a shutdown late last year. Follow on Twitter at @liz_elkind and send tips to elizabeth.elkind@fox.com
But several of those same GOP rebels are backing away from the idea of repeating the move with Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.
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