Fight over Flint aid threatens government shutdown

By Susan Ferrechio

Published September 23, 2016 4:01am ET

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Fight over Flint aid threatens government shutdown — Democrats plan to block a last-minute funding deal offered by Republicans because it doesn't include any emergency money for Flint, which switched its source of water in 2014 to the Flint River, which was so polluted that the water eroded the lead pipes leading to people's homes. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File) | Carlos Osorio

A fight over emergency funding to help Flint, Mich., out of its lead-water crisis is the latest obstacle to passing a short-term funding bill, and is threatening to force a partial government shutdown if the two parties can’t find an agreement in the next few weeks.

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