Congress has 28 days to dodge a government shutdown, and the House and Senate will only be in session together for 11 of them.
Gridlock inside the GOP and between both parties is hindering any significant headway to finalizing funding for the last six months of the fiscal year. Congress may only be able to fund the government at current levels for the rest of the year rather than negotiate new numbers.
Funding will lapse altogether if Congress can’t clear spending legislation by March 14. The tension is giving some members déjà vu of the last time President Donald Trump ...