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Congress has its work cut out to avoid a government shutdown

By Samantha-Jo Roth
Published August 6, 2023 9:00am ET
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Congress has its work cut out to avoid a government shutdown
Congress is out for its August recess, but lawmakers left town with work on funding the federal government incomplete, giving themselves about a month to accomplish the major task when they return to the nation’s capital in September. Lawmakers have until the start of the fiscal year, Oct. 1, to act on government funding. They […]


Congress is out for its August recess, but lawmakers left town with work on funding the federal government incomplete, giving themselves about a month to accomplish the major task when they return to the nation’s capital in September.

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