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Republicans Are Barely Trying to Avoid a Shutdown
All the pieces of a budget deal are there. Why won't they seize them?
You can do it.
Photographer: Win McNamee/Getty ImagesNo matter how unlikely it looks, Republicans will probably find a way to keep the government open beyond the current Friday deadline. But they sure are making things difficult for themselves.
To begin with, as Congress scholar Josh Huder explained, Republican leaders put themselves in a difficult position by failing to get their work done in a timely fashion: