Dem, GOP Leaders Eye Short-Term Deal to Avert Shutdown

Republican and Democrat leaders have signaled they are willing to agree to a 45-day — or possibly longer — “clean” continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown, reported The Hill.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., “has come around to the viewpoint of telling Republicans that partisan CRs are dead on arrival,” one Democrat senator told the news outlet.

House Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., have had “productive discussions” to reach a deal by the end of this month, Johnson said.  

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