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The continuing resolution would avert a partial government shutdown by extending federal funding into March
Majority leader’s remarks come 10 days before some government agencies are set to run out of funding. Remaining agencies would shut down on Feb. 3.
Despite the Senate’s progress on a stopgap funding measure, chances of a government shutdown continue to climb.
Interest on Capitol Hill is reviving in a proposal to shift Congress to a two-year budget cycle to minimize the possibility of costly government shutdowns.
Congressional Republicans brace for a storm of criticism by Democrats claiming maintaining services to needy is more important than cutting government spending.
