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Congress has its work cut out to avoid a government shutdown

By Samantha-Jo Roth
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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.

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