A government shutdown at the end of the week would add uncertainty around the holidays for tens of thousands of government workers and contractors.

Unlike the other two brief government funding lapses earlier this year, only a quarter of federal government funding would lapse if Congress and President Trump fail to enact legislation this week.

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