Republican lawmakers are warning their colleagues in the House Freedom Caucus to not even think about leveraging next month’s funding deadline to threaten a government shutdown to win legislative priorities from GOP leaders.

“They have to work with somebody to keep the government open,” Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., said about the roughly 30 conservatives who make up the caucus. “Shutting down the government when it’s a Republican government and a Republican Congress is not an option.”

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